achieve
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Individuals and institutions will finally be able to achieve safer returns from asset classes other than public and private equities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
People who achieve their goals avoid the distractions and temptations that get in the way.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
"This is me making an offer to the Scottish government. With us working together, there is no limit to what we can achieve for the Scottish people."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"That is why country strategies and compacts matter. Roadmaps built around a country's ambitions, the results we are trying to achieve together, and the investments and reforms required to get there," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
This could have been the forerunner of the kind of chronometer that would have been accurate and dependable enough to determine longitude at sea, and Hooke claimed to have worked out how to achieve this.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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By combining two advanced microscopy techniques, the instrument achieves a resolution of approximately 120 nanometers, an unprecedented level of detail for an approach that does not require fluorescent labels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
To compound matters, the masculine ego trap also tells a man that he’s not worthy of what he wants until he achieves some nebulous milestone that, again, sets him apart from other men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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
The more tests given—and the more students enrolled in rigorous courses—the higher the ranking a school achieves.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Widely regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever coaches, Wiegman has already achieved what few can match.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Historical uncertainty is an intriguing theme, but less so when it’s achieved through vagueness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
This approach had worked for American scientists, who achieved the world's first controlled, sustained nuclear chain reaction using a graphite-moderated reactor in 1942.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
"The children were good students and often achieved top positions in their classes," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Smokies achieved their natural splendor without the guidance of a national park service and don’t actually need it now.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But how close did Germany actually come to achieving that goal?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
And, even before the pandemic, about half of the state’s students were not achieving the state’s learning goals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Increasingly, our focus will be on scaling AVs in more cities and achieving higher supply density in those markets,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It found differences in the views of rich and poor in some areas, including the likelihood of achieving the American dream.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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