attain

Example Sentences

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“In China, if they have a long-term goal, they can attain it.”

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

But perspective is everything, and something difficult to attain when following daily, hourly, or even minute-by-minute movements.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

At High Desert Test Sites, Zittel’s famous A-Z West escape pods are no longer used for camping after the city said the nonprofit would have to attain a commercial camping permit to continue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Long-term, he says, Europe needs to think about how to better build energy stockpiles and reduce or reorganise energy consumption to attain more control over sudden supply changes, like we're seeing now.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The locket was accorded this place of honor not because it was valuable—in all usual senses it was worthless—but because of what it had cost to attain it.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling