attain

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Long-term, he says, Europe needs to think about how to better build energy stockpiles and reduce or reorganise energy consumption to attain more control over sudden supply changes, like we're seeing now.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

To attain that objective, GDP will need to average 4.17% growth or more over the next decade, according to an official Chinese guidebook published last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Devising a strategy to attain your goals — and following through — is within your control.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Considering Apple’s sweeping base of roughly 2.4 billion users, “we believe incremental gains from technology upgrade cycles will become more difficult to attain, much less move the needle,” Fairbanks continued.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

It is something that some writers reach for their entire careers and never attain.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini