achieve
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Her brother helped her understand that she didn’t have to achieve the title — she’s always been gay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Staff at the care home are "super proud of him" and are "excited" to see his artwork gain wider recognition, with Fawley challenging perceptions of what people can achieve in care.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Because the amount of voltage required to achieve that balance could be measured with exceptional precision, it provided another way to calculate big G.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
University of Chicago Booth School of Business economist Christina Patterson said employees who achieve pay bumps often bear a burden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"And just how would you achieve that miracle?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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
That’s a six pound average for a fish that rarely achieves that sort of size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Neil: Hopefully he helps the team progress and achieves Euro 2028 qualification.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Dee’s main objective for the day seems to be making Juan laugh, which she achieves in less than two hours.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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Enicepatide also achieved mean weight loss of 15.5% after 48 weeks at the highest dose, without a plateau in weight reductions, the company added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The insect-scale machine flew 447 percent faster and achieved a 255 percent increase in acceleration.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Net gains in biodiversity and carbon storage were only achieved when both avoidance interventions were implemented. However, combining all three interventions delivered even greater gains," said Dr. Miranda.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The piece suggests that California achieved a limited but meaningful victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Darwin had, it seemed, achieved yet another marvelous synthesis between opposing poles of biology.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The combination of a good proportion of diabetics getting back to normalized glucose levels and achieving sustained weight loss with enicepatide give the drug a competitive profile, Schneider says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I know the club, I know the role, I know what's expected here in terms of playing to a certain standard and achieving certain things on the pitch," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But recessions rid economies of the inefficiencies and excesses that stop them from achieving robust growth postrecovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In his post, Amodei urged “building AI at a balanced rate that aims to ensure its safety while still achieving its benefits and grappling with important geopolitical dilemmas.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
It found differences in the views of rich and poor in some areas, including the likelihood of achieving the American dream.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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