achieve
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It said it believed FFE would achieve an "initial equity valuation of $20bn".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The hope is that Gen Z will still achieve these milestones, potentially just a little later on, and that salaries and employment rates will recover as this group progress into their 30s.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The surge in performance has allowed boat manufacturers to increase the size of their vessels to offer more cabin and deck space, or use fewer outboards to achieve an equivalent amount of power and torque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The laboratory allows researchers to conduct experiments and achieve scientific breakthroughs that would not be possible under conditions on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
People also say you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It typically achieves these goals through interest-rate decisions -- cutting borrowing costs to spur economic activity or raising them to cool prices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Morningstar’s base-case scenario, which it assigns a 50% probability, assumes that SpaceX achieves a reusable Starship rocket and somewhat economical orbital data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
The researchers report that their process achieves device yields of 98‒100% while using standard single-crystalline silicon, the semiconductor material that underpins modern electronics.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
Rather than use logos—detailed arguments and eye-glazing statistics about the ways in which the charity achieves the greatest good, distributes its funds, and so on—the ad shoots straight for the heart.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Four startups, including one from a separate DOE program, say they have achieved criticality, or self-sustaining nuclear reactions, with their reactor designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was true even when they achieved substantial and lasting weight loss, particularly when researchers examined blood sugar regulation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
This exact problem arose in the recent first round of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where markets had predicted much greater success for Spencer Pratt than he actually achieved.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
US consumer inflation eased to 3.5 percent year-on-year last month, but remains far higher than the Fed's long-term two-percent target, which it has not achieved for more than five years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
I was playing for a draw with white, but Bobby played so badly that I achieved a winning position.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The boldness of these aspirations is accentuated by Mr. Woolfson’s candor about how far we stand from achieving any of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We are accelerating across our key metrics, achieving a step-change in churn reduction while lowering our customer acquisition and retention costs,” Schulman said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
"We are delighted with this result, because achieving a perfect score at the IMO is extremely challenging," Xiaohongshu said in a statement this week.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ben Martinez, Calexico’s city manager, said his city continues to work with state officials on the plans and “remains fully committed to achieving compliance with California Housing Element law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
To have risked so much in our efforts to mold nature to our satisfaction and yet to have failed in achieving our goal would indeed be the final irony.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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