attain
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Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Eventually, those two attain the life they assumed was permanently out of reach by bending to the Chairwoman’s will.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Well-anchored inflation expectations help central banks attain their inflation targets, which is 2% for the Bank of Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I was about twenty-five then, but I felt as if I had only a little life left ahead of me to build my future and attain the position that I wanted.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing attain
Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Six
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