attain

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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

Devising a strategy to attain your goals — and following through — is within your control.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The price then peaked near $50, plunged and failed to attain those levels for four decades until last October.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Considering Apple’s sweeping base of roughly 2.4 billion users, “we believe incremental gains from technology upgrade cycles will become more difficult to attain, much less move the needle,” Fairbanks continued.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

One moment I believed, I was dedicated, willing to lie on the blazing coals, do anything to attain a position on the campus—then snap!

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison