achieve
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That all the nations and regions should get the maximum level of devolved funding from Westminster to achieve growth and deliver better living standards for their people.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rising yields are making new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s ambitious plans for reviving home-building and investment harder to achieve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Polls show most Americans still want to achieve homeownership, but the majority of people who want to buy a home “are not in a strong financial position to do that,” Salviati said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
We’ll have a discussion with our staff when we do the recording, and to bring out the “Neo-ness” in the song, I think we just achieve this by just layering our voices together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The urge to penetrate unknown realms, to achieve something original, may be felt by every one of us now and than.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
His film is likable as heck but never quite achieves liftoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
A griddle achieves this effortlessly, because the juices have nowhere else to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The more tests given—and the more students enrolled in rigorous courses—the higher the ranking a school achieves.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 has been achieved through elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“While some progress has been achieved, including the promotion of meaningful observation within the Elections Office, Mr. Curtis has failed significantly in other core responsibilities, undermining the very principles he was appointed to uphold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Plaid ministers want to phase the rest of the scheme over time - but until that is spelled out the party will continue to face scrutiny over how it's achieved.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
CrowdStrike also achieved record free cash flow and new net annual recurring revenue, according to CFO Burt Podbere.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
She’d achieved so much at such a young age because she was obsessive about making precise schedules and following them to the last detail.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Managing the makeup of the roughly $31 trillion Treasury market has been among the tools it has deployed toward achieving that goal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
In that note, Mr. Batiste also connects Mozart with Monk, citing how the two composers combined “melodic simplicity with staggering complexity” to “challenge convention while achieving universal appeal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Honoring commitments that have already been made to the entertainment industry is an essential step in achieving that goal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Planning appeal rules would also be changed to stop "occupiers from achieving through the appeal system what is denied through the application route".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I was proud of Father for wanting to be a dragon again, and even prouder of the fact that he was now so close to achieving his ambition to fly.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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