attain
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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
China has said it aims to attain the per-capita gross domestic product of a “midlevel developed country” by 2035, which state media has described as more than $20,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Her Mexican mother was naturalized thanks to the 1986 amnesty, but her first husband struggled for years to attain legal status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He’d left home after high school with nothing but his wits and his imagination, and he’d used them to attain worldwide fame and amass a vast fortune.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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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
We might even consider a kind of "grand bargain," wherein AI attains freedom and autonomy while humans secure a universal basic income, enabled by a radically restructured economy where many traditional jobs have become redundant.
From Salon ● May 17, 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
He attains celebrity status with his evening game of Crazy Cat.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
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
Let’s talk about the weird level of fame that you’ve attained right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
That mark is based on the valuation SpaceX attained late last year, and is likely to go significantly higher in an IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
“Thank you so much, sir,” I say, thrilled at the amount of instant friendship that can be attained here.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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"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
And in five countries, workers had to wait until mid-July before finally attaining tax freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
The search for scientific truth was never an end in itself, but a means toward attaining the wisdom necessary to achieve peace of mind.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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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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