attain
Example Sentences
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You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Global talent visas - which the Home Office offers to senior workers in the science, digital technology, and arts and culture sector - are much more difficult to attain, Turner said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“In China, if they have a long-term goal, they can attain it.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 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
That was quite an accomplishment in an era when the average Negro had been able to attain only an eighth-grade education, and only about 5 percent had graduated from college.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing attain
Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Six
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