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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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"However, our ability to achieve significant reductions in energy usage is constrained by the nature of our estate," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

Riva writes poignantly of her mother’s “willingness to endure physical pain in order to achieve a look.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

For Farmer, Cuba represented hope, proof that a poor country could achieve good public health.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“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

But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The rub here is that 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

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

The error detected the computer was overloaded, and for a moment it looked like the complex landing might not be achieved.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Novartis achieved positive results with its ianalumab drug candidate last year, but prior to that there had been no meaningful innovation in the disease for more than two decades, they added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"We share a special bond with Mikel. We are so proud of everything we have achieved since he returned to the club in 2019," co-chairmen Stan and Josh Kroenke said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

He’d once saved the French government itself: in the 1890s, he’d achieved national fame for calming widespread riots that had almost tipped the country into revolution.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

I have had thousands of conversations over the years with young families who have dreams of living debt-free and achieving major financial goals, like owning a home or sending their children to college.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Justice requires more than achieving certain results,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Project Meridian” will be focused on achieving technological superiority for “developing and fielding weapons and systems” for battlefields in the decades ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

After all I’d done to lever myself out of corporate law and into more meaningful community-minded work, I knew I’d be happiest if I could engage actively and work toward achieving measurable results.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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