attainment
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These differences do not necessarily map into educational attainment or experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
But industries in which immigrants with low educational attainment are overrepresented have seen slower wage growth than the broader private sector since Trump took office, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
“The irony is that steadily rising education attainment, notably enjoyed by young Latina mothers, leads to bearing fewer children.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The SNP also promised to invest £1bn to close the "attainment gap" in schools - the difference in performance between pupils from more affluent and more deprived backgrounds.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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