achieve
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Baer was fascinated by the human silhouette, and his detailed darkroom notes show the lengths he went to achieve the effects of light and shadow.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
In a very real sense, the movement was about leveling the playing field, which is so dramatically tilted against victims that it makes justice nearly impossible to achieve.
From Salon β Oct. 2, 2026
“If you can make the data accessible, and you can work with people in a way that teaches them to use the data, then you can achieve large reductions in emissions,” Duren said.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 1, 2026
"What we've built to meet the system needs is better" for local patients, the provider's chief data officer, Matt Hennessey, told AFP, adding other regions could also achieve the same results.
From Barron's β Oct. 1, 2026
Given Franklin’s reputation as an explorer and the nature of his two ships, many expected this would be the Passage-search that would achieve the long-awaited glorious result.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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 β 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 β Sep. 18, 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 β Sep. 14, 2026
Yet however avant-garde in form, Saramago’s prose achieves an expert fluidity.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
A wish that continually approaches but never achieves fulfillment.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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Regeneron Chief Executive Leonard S. Schleifer said the renewed alliance would allow the companies to expand the kind of work that their collaboration on Dupixent—a blockbuster medicine approved for several conditions—has achieved.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 1, 2026
"With these objectives achieved, Iraq and its international partners can begin a new chapter focused on enduring security co-operation under Iraqi leadership."
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
He told the BBC this could be achieved by employers giving talks in primary schools and offering taster sessions to children.
From BBC β Sep. 30, 2026
The researchers achieved this by carefully controlling the pH gradient so the chemical changes were large enough to reshape the cornea without causing excessive damage.
From Science Daily β Sep. 29, 2026
The only thing I achieved was getting splinters.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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"We are working on it. For us, South Korea is an important country. And I really hope for momentum, continuation, and concrete results that we are truly achieving with them," he said.
From BBC β Oct. 2, 2026
The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 1, 2026
From an engineering point of view, "just achieving flight and getting data" would be considered a success, Curlee said.
From Barron's β 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 β Sep. 25, 2026
“But enough delay. Even greater things lie ahead, Reynard, much greater things, and we must waste no time achieving them.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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