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In Buddhism, bodhicitta is, essentially, a desire to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

You might assume that only certain wealthy folks attain financial independence.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

To help attain that goal, China is hiring former military pilots from abroad who can impart combat skills and intelligence, American and other Western officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Global talent visas - which the Home Office offers to senior workers in the science, digital technology, and arts and culture sector - are much more difficult to attain, Turner said.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

“It’s responsible for organizing your thoughts and actions to attain your goals.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

The characters in “Do You Feel Anger?” are magnified to neo-absurdist extremes, but the play never quite attains the necessary farcical cruising speed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

But he who attains the principality through popular favour finds himself alone, and has around him either no one or very few who are not ready to obey him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

If we are lucky enough to survive into our 20s, and have attained some degree of adult consciousness, we all will have lived a coming-of-age story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

Tina has attained skills that can take her anywhere, David reminds her.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

The classrooms shown by the algorithm to have the best teachers, in which big gains were thought to have been legitimately attained.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

One way to think about Mahler’s extravagant 90-minute exercise in his search for life’s meaning is as an exercise in attaining optimism in the face of tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

But in a reflection of the parents, the show largely ignores the kids until finally bringing them forward and attaining a novelistic quality that separates it from so many less-bingeable series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

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 ● Dec. 17, 2025

My questions lead to more questions, most urgently how becoming the leader of an Empire I loathe can possibly result in my attaining “true freedom—of body and of soul.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir