attain
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To help attain that goal, China is hiring former military pilots from abroad who can impart combat skills and intelligence, American and other Western officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Eventually, those two attain the life they assumed was permanently out of reach by bending to the Chairwoman’s will.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Most salamanders are tiny, only an inch or two long, but the rare and startlingly ugly hellbender salamander can attain lengths of over two feet.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing attain
Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Six
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