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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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In a very real sense, the movement was about leveling the playing field, which is so dramatically tilted against victims that it makes justice nearly impossible to achieve.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

But he’s a cabinet officer who needs allies to achieve his military goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“They have to prove that those stronger curtailments are going to achieve the goals that they have, and that the state has,” Walker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"There's more than one way to achieve that, and I think members are realising that."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

That’s how unfair things were during that era and why Colored people fought so hard and engaged in so much self-help in an effort to achieve equality.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The rub here is that there’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Hertfordshire-based Propstore said it was the "highest price achieved at auction for an Oasis acoustic guitar".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It achieved an average detection accuracy of 97.79%, along with a sensitivity of 99.86% and a specificity of 95.72%.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The availability of what appears to be ‘expert’ information…gives students an illusion of mastery before it has been achieved, which may eventually lead to problems in the workplace.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Oddly, only one playoff qualifier is among the 14 mid-range payrolls of roughly $100 million to $200 million — the Milwaukee Brewers, who achieved baseball’s best record at 103-59 while paying its roster $143.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

They angled and tipped it until a fine delicate balance had been achieved.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“Justice requires more than achieving certain results,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

From an engineering point of view, "just achieving flight and getting data" would be considered a success, Curlee said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

A leitmotif of the book is the author’s slow discovery that the internet connection she needs to pull off the single-handed race impedes her ability to enjoy fully what she’s seeing and achieving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The train wasn't coming back, and standing there was achieving nothing, so I struck out toward the biggest mound.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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