achieve
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Now, we can understand the people who did achieve their goal, versus those who did not.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tesla said the baseline Roadster can achieve 60 mph in 1.6 seconds, a bit faster than high-performance cars on the road today, including Tesla’s Model S Plaid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The prime minister will say "there is no limit to what we can achieve for the people of Scotland" at an event in North Lanarkshire.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"That is why country strategies and compacts matter. Roadmaps built around a country's ambitions, the results we are trying to achieve together, and the investments and reforms required to get there," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The aspiring artist of talent will eventually achieve the real thing.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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By combining two advanced microscopy techniques, the instrument achieves a resolution of approximately 120 nanometers, an unprecedented level of detail for an approach that does not require fluorescent labels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
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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The Fed achieved this by buying fixed-income securities that had credit risk, particularly mortgage-backed securities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"The children were good students and often achieved top positions in their classes," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
This was achieved using many of the same methods, including quick and organised starts, having equipment ready for use and clear communication across the team.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the past, she has portrayed those casting doubts that such a resolution could be achieved as irksome malcontents.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Copernicus achieved the same effect by different means.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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“Not many people see us as a community capable of achieving something this big,” said Jaelyn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
More than eight decades after the war, the surviving uranium cubes have helped resolve a longstanding historical question, revealing just how far Nazi Germany remained from achieving a critical step toward building an atomic bomb.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
But there's less confidence in the way it tries to go about achieving that.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
To have even a hope of achieving this, the railroads would have to reduce their fares, and Frank Millet would have to intensify his efforts to attract people from all corners of the country.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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