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achieve

[uh-cheev] / Ι™ΛˆtΚƒiv /


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In a very real sense, the movement was about leveling the playing field, which is so dramatically tilted against victims that it makes justice nearly impossible to achieve.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

“If you can make the data accessible, and you can work with people in a way that teaches them to use the data, then you can achieve large reductions in emissions,” Duren said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"There's more than one way to achieve that, and I think members are realising that."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

"It's alright saying you can do this, but sometimes you need the proof. This will achieve that proof and that evidence," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The aura of science and medical research was meticulously maintained, often dramatized to achieve an even greater effect on public imagination.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The rub here is that there’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Successfully corralled, Franz earns the degree of doctor of law, and achieves success in the insurance industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Found only in Ireland, it achieves a height of up to six inches and is green in colour.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

It achieved an average detection accuracy of 97.79%, along with a sensitivity of 99.86% and a specificity of 95.72%.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Regeneron Chief Executive Leonard S. Schleifer said the renewed alliance would allow the companies to expand the kind of work that their collaboration on Dupixent—a blockbuster medicine approved for several conditions—has achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"With these objectives achieved, Iraq and its international partners can begin a new chapter focused on enduring security co-operation under Iraqi leadership."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Oddly, only one playoff qualifier is among the 14 mid-range payrolls of roughly $100 million to $200 million — the Milwaukee Brewers, who achieved baseball’s best record at 103-59 while paying its roster $143.5 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He thinks certain modern technologies—the clock, the compass, gunpowder, the telescope—represent a real advance over anything achieved by the ancients.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In a paper published in October 2025 called "Artificial Writing and Automated Detection", researchers at the University of Chicago found Pangram "achieving near-zero error rates" on medium-to-long extracts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

How successful India is in achieving its targets on time will thus have an outsized impact on the world's ability to meet its climate goals.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Barred by law from invoking race explicitly, those committed to racial hierarchy were forced to search for new means of achieving their goals according to the new rules of American democracy.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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