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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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That would allow scientists to study increasingly complex chemical structures, including large biological molecules and proteins, with a level of detail that is difficult to achieve using conventional methods.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

“Sometimes clients think about the U.S. complemented with the U.K. and Japan, two markets that are very uncorrelated, and indeed it’s a very simple portfolio, but which can achieve that diversification.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

"We are now forced to carefully examine which German sites we would have to close if we cannot achieve a change in the cost structure."

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

GC: You have to define it for yourself in terms of setting goals for yourself, and then try to achieve those goals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

To achieve minimum weight, the designers had built the plane’s sleek frame of aluminum just 0.02 inches thick.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The paper achieves something that would have seemed impossible a decade ago: it recovers meaningful biological information from H. erectus fossils far too old for DNA.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

It achieves this goal largely using one tool: the economy's key interest rate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It also has a ranked-choice voting system, meaning that if none of the four candidates on the ballot achieves a majority—likely—the state won’t tabulate final results until Nov. 18.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

Committing to three more years means her legacy may now be defined by what she achieves next.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

A wish that continually approaches but never achieves fulfillment.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

At 26 V3 satellites per launch, each Starship mission would add as much capacity for the Starlink satellite-internet network as can be achieved with 10 Falcon 9 launches, Gesuale said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

He said colleagues Sara Cox, Paddy McGuinness and Vernon Kay had previously achieved "extraordinary things" for Children in Need so he ad "a lot to live up to".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

In ordinary times, an electoral victory by a minority caucus like the one congressional Democrats achieved last week would ensure the elevation of its leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

"If you want to regain security, you need to regain control of the territory... that isn't achieved just with a heavy hand, by bombing," he said during the presentation of an Ombudsman report.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The U-2 achieved a high altitude that made it impossible for the jet to intercept or shoot at Powers.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

“We’re just at the beginning of diffusing or achieving all of that value.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

The BBC understands that the UK government is reluctant to set any new goals at COP31 and thinks the focus should be on achieving existing agreements.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

One of the most appealing features of gene therapy is the possibility of achieving lasting results without repeated treatments.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

In 2017 — after reinventing himself as a hotelier, achieving sustained success and expressing remorse — he was pardoned in 2017 by President Obama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Though no fan of the Inka, he conceded that “only a very small number of empires throughout the whole world have succeeded in achieving this feat.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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