achieve
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The company rewards workers for the results that they achieve by applying the principles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"There had been two times that I spoke with the club, but it did not achieve anything," he recalled.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
These strategies can help boost near-term demand and give customers more purchasing power than they could achieve alone.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
They had physical dexterity that people today are unable to achieve even after years of practising yoga or t’ai chi.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
It is just as easy to find critics who think AI is just the latest tech fad that is doomed to fizzle before it achieves anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The more tests given—and the more students enrolled in rigorous courses—the higher the ranking a school achieves.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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As one British sprint star achieved a piece of history a decade in the making, the other continued to demonstrate that she is only just getting started.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart, who knew my parents, achieved this feat at age 83 in 2021, taking the honor from Greybeard, who set a record at age 82 in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Only five months ago, Daniel Flores achieved a lifelong dream by opening a bike workshop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
If achieved, that would mark major growth for the company and match SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s own end-of-year revenue target.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
But it would have achieved little, digging up the dirt of yesterday.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Losing weight can reduce some of these risks, but achieving substantial weight loss through diet and exercise alone can be difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Macquarie doesn’t see ASX achieving its A$150 million additional capital target at the end of FY27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We hope that by having a grand jury return an indictment in this case it will bring us one step closer to a trial and achieving justice," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jim Moore, the last principal of Ector High School before it was closed down as a means of achieving desegregation, felt the same way.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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