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accomplishment

[uh-kom-plish-muhnt] / əˈkɒm plɪʃ mənt /


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Perhaps its greatest accomplishment, though, was keeping its cool factor even as it grew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Graves told ProPublica that he had high regard for Bunch — “his accomplishment with the African American museum was remarkable” — but that he became worried that the Smithsonian was operating within a bubble.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

After the interview, as Bass headed to her car, she stopped and asked to revisit the first question: What was her greatest accomplishment as mayor?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, spoke about the accomplishment as though it were fact, congratulating OpenAI and posting that “AGI has arrived.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

It was truly a splendid structure, and Yossarian throbbed with a mighty sense of accomplishment each time he gazed at it and reflected that none of the work that had gone into it was his.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In everyday encounters, most folks rarely ask questions and always steer things toward their own accomplishments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Lew highlighted Ann Mannix’s accomplishments within the department, where she worked for more than three decades, rose to the rank of deputy chief and was the first woman to lead the department’s tactical company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

They can’t point to any genuinely positive accomplishments.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Such a move would threaten to open the proverbial can of worms, raising questions over other accomplishments.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In the late 1990s, however, Cook County Hospital started a project that may one day earn the hospital as much acclaim as any of those earlier accomplishments.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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