achieve
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They have questioned what his comments to the BBC were designed to achieve, and said it had put the Independent Football Regulator in a difficult position.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
On advanced reasoning benchmarks, Beam can achieve comparable scores to GLM-5.2 with three to four times less processing computing, according to Reflection.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He said: "With all three unions now engaging with their memberships, we are moving closer to the outcome we have always wanted to achieve: ending pay discrimination in Glasgow City Council once and for all."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“If you knock out a few sets of pull-ups or biceps curls, you see your muscles popping in a way that is much harder to achieve if you squat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Declaration was still regarded as a product of the whole Continental Congress, not the work of one man, and had yet to achieve the symbolic significance it would in the nineteenth century.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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“Kevin Sun I.” captures the flow of his band in performance yet achieves its most memorable aspects through carefully wrought post-production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
There’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Neil: Hopefully he helps the team progress and achieves Euro 2028 qualification.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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Wells Fargo achieved about 40% of its initial $60 billion lending commitment and had helped refinance about 5,100 customers—representing an average monthly payment savings of about $100—when it commissioned a racial-equity assessment in late 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Royal Mail said the workforce reduction, designed to improve efficiency, would be achieved through voluntary redundancies and people choosing to leave the company.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Last month, Hugo Boss appointed Frasers’ Chief Executive Michael Murray as the next chairman of its supervisory board, weeks after the U.K. group achieved a near-majority ownership in the German apparel company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Researchers can observe living cells and tissues directly at a level of detail that cannot currently be achieved inside the human body.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
What Bobby achieved in going undefeated in both Bled and Stockholm was the chess equivalent of pitching two successive no-hitters in baseball’s World Series.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“Collaboration with the U.S. is a prerequisite for achieving results; when that collaboration is restricted or denied, it renders your work meaningless,” Capella said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Justice requires more than achieving certain results,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"It reminded me that we're capable of doing unbelievable things when how badly we want something matches and surpasses the difficulty of achieving it," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
It found differences in the views of rich and poor in some areas, including the likelihood of achieving the American dream.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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