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attain

[uh-tayn] / əˈteɪn /


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But this year, there has been more widespread awareness that the wealth we are witnessing is just not the kind of wealth most regular people even have the option to attain.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Boeing executives have said they are confident they will attain $10 billion annual free cash flow but haven't set a specific target date.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Meghan Sullivan, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame, participated in one of these meetings and left “skeptical that an artificial agent could attain actual moral virtue,” she wrote in a Substack post.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The surfaces are smoother and more lifelike, there is a closer psychological connection between the two figures, and a surer command of the material allows him to attain greater heights of realism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

One moment I believed, I was dedicated, willing to lie on the blazing coals, do anything to attain a position on the campus—then snap!

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Zardari, who already enjoyed immunity while in office, will retain legal protection even after leaving the presidency so long as he attains no other public office.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

When an individual attains ILR - also known as settled status - they can access state benefits and use the NHS without extra charges.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025

“It’s brutal, it’s very painful, it’s a theme that attains indignation, rage,” says Murillo, speaking in Spanish via Zoom from her home in Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

The average world temperature, he says, would in the end be raised some thirty degrees, till it attains 72°.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

He cranks up a voting-themed choral cover of “Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters, that has attained meme status in lefty corners.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

The emotional compass of the United Farm Workers of America for decades, Huerta attained singular stature as godmother of the Chicano power movement and doyenne of American labor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Beijing native attained a doctorate in earth sciences from the University of Southern California in 2003.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He served as a military lawyer and attained the rank of Air Force colonel, an experience that informed his interventionist stance in foreign affairs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

“No! why should I? I was sent to Lowood to get an education; and it would be of no use going away until I have attained that object.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

"This temporal window holds profound significance, as attaining such early detection would substantially augment the probability of cure and improved survival," highlight the researchers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Most importantly, being in a less reactive state would give me a better shot at attaining my actual goal—getting medical coverage—instead of simply insulting a customer service person.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Actually attaining and sustaining that growth is what’s difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Large Urban Areas had the highest proportion of student attaining grades A to C at National 5 levels with 80.3%, while Remote Small Towns had the lowest at 71.6%.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

It is surely a professional responsibility for all of us to think deeply about these things so that each of us may better strive towards attaining 'dignity' for ourselves.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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