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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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It was at this meeting that Peake told Efan the practical steps on how to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The company rewards workers for the results that they achieve by applying the principles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

I’m willing to bet we can actually achieve such a utopian outcome, even if it takes another century.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

“I promise we’ll remember the little people when we achieve egg drop stardom.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

If the Italian bank achieves 50% control of Commerzbank it would be able to incorporate the German bank’s results in its own accounts, Bank of America says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Johnson-Thompson achieved the sixth global podium of her career at last year's World Championships - and her third in as many years since recovering from a devastating Achilles rupture.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Grok 4.6 achieved a score in line with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model, but not quite as good as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 models, according to Artificial Analysis.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Rivals include California-based Replit, which achieved a $9 billion valuation in a March funding round—triple the level it hit six months prior.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

If so, time was precious; for, now that he had achieved a certain amount of distribution, he could, by choosing his own time, complete the task unobserved.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

"We hope that by having a grand jury return an indictment in this case it will bring us one step closer to a trial and achieving justice," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

The trouble here is the closer he comes to achieving it, the less Mitchell himself seems to exist.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“We’re achieving this even during a period where there’s a fair amount of macro uncertainty.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Jim Moore, the last principal of Ector High School before it was closed down as a means of achieving desegregation, felt the same way.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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