attain
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Each has a master’s degree in the computer-science area and each is employed and living in their own condos that we helped them attain with the down payment.
From MarketWatch
That initial public offering was oversubscribed by 2750 times and has increased in value by six times since floating, attaining a market capitalization of around $44 billion.
From MarketWatch
He went on to narrate commercials for Tang, Listerine and Hamilton watches and attain his profession’s double Holy Grail—voicing History Channel shows and the PBS series “Nova.”
Needing 12 votes from that committee to attain Hall of Fame status, Valenzuela instead came up short by receiving fewer than five.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’re trying to meet them half way,” she said, “with things that are easier to attain rather than the big investment purchases.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
