achieve
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“The vast majority of California’s cities and counties have stepped up to achieve housing element compliance,” Housing and Community Development Director Gustavo Velasquez said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The simulations suggest that a detector of this size could achieve spatial resolution of a few millimeters, placing it on par with state-of-the-art plastic scintillator detectors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
"Don't let the unity and love we've seen in our country end with this campaign. When we're together we can achieve big things," the Real Madrid player said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But former employees say the cuts have eliminated decades of talent and experience, and question whether the company will be able to achieve its aim of "a bigger future".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Regardless of whether or not I achieve what I came here for, I believe I'm doing something, just being here.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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In a study published in Neuron, Kerstjens, Zador, and collaborators from Harvard University and ETH Zürich propose a new theory describing how the developing brain achieves this remarkable level of organization.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
If the Italian bank achieves 50% control of Commerzbank it would be able to incorporate the German bank’s results in its own accounts, Bank of America says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
But he will be even richer if he achieves a few profound goals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Morningstar’s base-case scenario, which it assigns a 50% probability, assumes that SpaceX achieves a reusable Starship rocket and somewhat economical orbital data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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The directors not only harmed Unilever and its investors but achieved the opposite of their perceived mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"In two years in government, I leave the country in better shape than I found it. I am proud of everything that we have achieved."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sir Keir Starmer told MPs it was the "end of my political journey" and he was "proud of everything I have achieved" at his final Prime Minister's Questions before standing down.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some of England's most incredible wins, achieved in breathtaking style.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
But such splendid running was achieved not without great trouble and vexation on the part of François.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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Food-delivery company DoorDash says it uses an Anthropic model for cutting-edge tasks and a Moonshot model for lower-level workloads, achieving better performance at lower cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Ben Martinez, Calexico’s city manager, said his city continues to work with state officials on the plans and “remains fully committed to achieving compliance with California Housing Element law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
While militarily, the Americans were achieving their objectives, as measured in Iranian ships, planes and targets destroyed and defence capabilities degraded, politically the conflict was far from resolved.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
They were painstakingly close to achieving one of the tournament's great upsets against Argentina, leading 2-0 with just minutes left to play before the defending champions staged an astonishing 3-2 comeback win.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
They differed primarily in their techniques for achieving that end.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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