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Who were the first climbers confirmed to have achieved the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest?

achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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If future measurements achieve that level of certainty, Bd → μ+μ-would become the rarest beauty particle decay ever observed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

But Donald’s ramp-up to achieve football shape precluded him from playing in the season opener against the San Francisco 49ers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Do you have an investment policy statement in place, explaining your portfolio’s goals and how your assets are positioned to achieve them?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

This means that measures taken by Delhi can achieve only so much.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

I lean against my husband, he is already leaning on me, together we achieve a kind of comfort.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

The paper achieves something that would have seemed impossible a decade ago: it recovers meaningful biological information from H. erectus fossils far too old for DNA.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

"We consider that this achieves the appropriate balance and clear messaging required regarding the behaviour expected of MPs," the report said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It achieves this goal largely using one tool: the economy's key interest rate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It also has a ranked-choice voting system, meaning that if none of the four candidates on the ballot achieves a majority—likely—the state won’t tabulate final results until Nov. 18.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 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

Scientists have achieved a new world record by producing extraordinarily intense X-ray flashes that last just 300 attoseconds, an almost unimaginably brief period of time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

That same Wolves team are the most recent of the four teams to have achieved that feat.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

"What we achieved, I think, was pretty good last night."

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

“While we achieved record power-generation sales this quarter, revenues were below our expectations as supply-chain constraints limited shipments across both power systems and distribution,” Rumsey says on a call with analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Lian and Abina achieved perfect balls of light and smiled smugly at each other.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

One of the most appealing features of gene therapy is the possibility of achieving lasting results without repeated treatments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

In 2017 — after reinventing himself as a hotelier, achieving sustained success and expressing remorse — he was pardoned in 2017 by President Obama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

"Our year-to-date results, together with our strong order book, give us confidence in delivering our full-year outlook and achieving our medium-term ambitions," said the executive.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

When that deadline drifted quietly by, they set a new target of achieving the goal by 2030 instead.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

His model was intended as a way of achieving that and, on its own terms, it failed.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin


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