achieve
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"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The company rewards workers for the results that they achieve by applying the principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I’m willing to bet we can actually achieve such a utopian outcome, even if it takes another century.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
"I believe we can achieve very good things this season and I am looking forward to meeting the players and head coach. I will give my best."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tolkachev's espionage helped America achieve total air superiority by the late 1980s, earning him the nickname "the Billion Dollar Spy."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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
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
Although it cannot match Starship's enormous lifting capacity, it achieves much greater efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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
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Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
If achieved, that would mark major growth for the company and match SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s own end-of-year revenue target.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last season Emery declared he wanted to seal third place in the Premier League because he had not achieved it with Villa.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rivals include California-based Replit, which achieved a $9 billion valuation in a March funding round—triple the level it hit six months prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
To the extent that major changes are achieved without a complete shift, the system will rebound.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We hope that by having a grand jury return an indictment in this case it will bring us one step closer to a trial and achieving justice," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The trouble here is the closer he comes to achieving it, the less Mitchell himself seems to exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We’re achieving this even during a period where there’s a fair amount of macro uncertainty.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“But there was nothing he cared about more deeply than achieving a lasting peace in the world.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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