attain
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Many women wait to have kids until they attain career goals and feel financially secure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
In Buddhism, bodhicitta is, essentially, a desire to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“It might be an optimal arrangement for employees to work from home one to two days a week, where they maintain productivity, maintain mental health, and still attain the social connectedness they need,” says Cuevas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Global talent visas - which the Home Office offers to senior workers in the science, digital technology, and arts and culture sector - are much more difficult to attain, Turner said.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“It’s responsible for organizing your thoughts and actions to attain your goals.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Zardari, who already enjoyed immunity while in office, will retain legal protection even after leaving the presidency so long as he attains no other public office.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
When an individual attains ILR - also known as settled status - they can access state benefits and use the NHS without extra charges.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
The characters in “Do You Feel Anger?” are magnified to neo-absurdist extremes, but the play never quite attains the necessary farcical cruising speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
But he who attains the principality through popular favour finds himself alone, and has around him either no one or very few who are not ready to obey him.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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The Beijing native attained a doctorate in earth sciences from the University of Southern California in 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He served as a military lawyer and attained the rank of Air Force colonel, an experience that informed his interventionist stance in foreign affairs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Let’s talk about the weird level of fame that you’ve attained right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Upon arriving in India on 30 May, Min Aung Hlaing visited Bodh Gaya and offered prayers at the Mahabodhi Temple, built at the site where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Reaching the top of Everest is supposed to trigger a surge of intense elation; against long odds, after all, I had just attained a goal I’d coveted since childhood.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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It’s difficult to know if more employers are asking for them, but students and workers have shown more interest in attaining them and “providers are trying to meet the moment.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
I often found him, pen and yellow pad in hand, contemplating our nation’s challenges, considering goals to pursue, and developing a strategy for attaining them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Other rock stars followed in Ozzy’s footsteps by launching their own reality shows, but none came close to attaining the same attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
It is surely a professional responsibility for all of us to think deeply about these things so that each of us may better strive towards attaining 'dignity' for ourselves.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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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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