attain
Example Sentences
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You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
In a fragmented media world where critical mass is becoming harder to attain, Navarro has become one of media’s most recognizable political talking heads thanks to her two high-profile TV roles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
“In China, if they have a long-term goal, they can attain it.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Long-term, he says, Europe needs to think about how to better build energy stockpiles and reduce or reorganise energy consumption to attain more control over sudden supply changes, like we're seeing now.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable—in all usual senses it was worthless—but because of what it had cost to attain it.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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