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achieve

[uh-cheev] / Ι™ΛˆtΚƒiv /


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Riva writes poignantly of her mother’s “willingness to endure physical pain in order to achieve a look.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

They did not know what the future would hold; but they did have a clear sense of what they were trying to achieve.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

That’s unusual even by AI-era standards, with analysts noting that a business built around physical hardware rarely achieves margins that high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Neil: Hopefully he helps the team progress and achieves Euro 2028 qualification.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Derenoncourt has found that Black Americans who migrated north to growing cities in the 20th century achieved economic gains—but their descendants experienced increasing school segregation and incarceration rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"While voluntary measures remain our preferred approach, we cannot rule out compulsory redundancies if the required savings are not achieved," they said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The researchers achieved this by carefully controlling the pH gradient so the chemical changes were large enough to reshape the cornea without causing excessive damage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 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

Not one cross word or impatient look, and praise for whatever small success I achieved.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

After achieving success, some firms shed their solo status by adding employees or getting acquired by a larger firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The steps to achieving such a climate, I said, had been oudined in the ANC’s 1989 Harare Declaration.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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