achieve
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Beijing’s intelligence goals have taken on added urgency as Chinese leader Xi Jinping aims to achieve technological and military parity with the U.S., while trying to reinvigorate a struggling economy.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
That would allow scientists to study increasingly complex chemical structures, including large biological molecules and proteins, with a level of detail that is difficult to achieve using conventional methods.
From Science Daily β Nov. 13, 2026
“Sometimes clients think about the U.S. complemented with the U.K. and Japan, two markets that are very uncorrelated, and indeed it’s a very simple portfolio, but which can achieve that diversification.”
From MarketWatch β Nov. 13, 2026
To suggest that sounds "demeaning" to some parents who didn't achieve high grades themselves, she thinks.
From BBC β Nov. 13, 2026
Working far away from Bletchley, with minimal Enigma experience, Elizebeth and her small team had managed to achieve the same goal.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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It achieves this goal largely using one tool: the economy's key interest rate.
From Barron's β Oct. 28, 2026
It also has a ranked-choice voting system, meaning that if none of the four candidates on the ballot achieves a majority—likely—the state won’t tabulate final results until Nov. 18.
From Slate β Oct. 24, 2026
Committing to three more years means her legacy may now be defined by what she achieves next.
From BBC β Oct. 19, 2026
Crucially, the microscope achieves this resolution without sacrificing imaging speed or requiring intense laser illumination.
From Science Daily β Oct. 17, 2026
He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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The U.S. achieved measles elimination status in 2000 after robust immunization campaigns and the creation of a program that made shots free for millions of children.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 14, 2026
"The fact that not only has it achieved the success it has, but it's still being made here in Scotland, should be seen and championed as our biggest cultural export ever," he says.
From BBC β Nov. 13, 2026
At 26 V3 satellites per launch, each Starship mission would add as much capacity for the Starlink satellite-internet network as can be achieved with 10 Falcon 9 launches, Gesuale said.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 13, 2026
These findings are particularly concerning because they suggest that additional, unidentified risk factors could be counteracting some of the progress achieved through decades of cancer screening.
From Science Daily β Nov. 12, 2026
Therefore, with his impetuous move, Julius accomplished what no other pontiff would ever have achieved with the greatest of human prudence.
From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
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The Scottish government says it "remains focused" on achieving the 110,000 target, while acknowledging that it is "challenging".
From BBC β Nov. 11, 2026
One of the most appealing features of gene therapy is the possibility of achieving lasting results without repeated treatments.
From Science Daily β Nov. 4, 2026
“As we enter the final stretch of the year, we are on track to deliver our 2026 financial commitments and we remain focused on achieving the remaining milestones to enable our planned separation,” Cofer said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 3, 2026
In 2017 — after reinventing himself as a hotelier, achieving sustained success and expressing remorse — he was pardoned in 2017 by President Obama.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 3, 2026
A lich was an undead creature, usually an incredibly powerful wizard or king who had employed dark magic to bind his intellect to his own reanimated corpse, thus achieving a perverted form of immortality.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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