achieve
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In a letter read to the court after the verdict was announced, Gia told the jurors she deeply appreciated the justice they helped her family achieve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Polls show most Americans still want to achieve homeownership, but the majority of people who want to buy a home “are not in a strong financial position to do that,” Salviati said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I've dreamed myself into a corner and I still have so many things I want to achieve, so I'm gonna keep on working as long as I can to see everything come to life."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
It says that £10bn will be handed to councils and housing associations to achieve the target, which has been designed to cut the number of families in temporary accommodation.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
I think of the thing he told me his grandma said about those award plaques—that they teach kids that what we achieve is more important than who we are.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
FKT is short for the “fastest known time” that a person or small group achieves on a particular course, usually somewhere it would be difficult or impossible to host an actual race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They said the new deal "achieves this without any government funding or cost to taxpayers".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“What’s important is that it doesn’t replace the physical play. You want the technology to animate the player and to be shareable. If the Smart Play technology achieves that, it’ll be very sustainable.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
He achieves his own authority, and that is unshakable.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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Every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 has been achieved through elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“While some progress has been achieved, including the promotion of meaningful observation within the Elections Office, Mr. Curtis has failed significantly in other core responsibilities, undermining the very principles he was appointed to uphold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"I think Tyson Fury was amazing for British boxing and what he achieved, what he did and brought to the game and how colourful he was as a personality," Hamed, 52, added.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
CrowdStrike also achieved record free cash flow and new net annual recurring revenue, according to CFO Burt Podbere.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
She’d been sixteen and convinced she had more or less achieved true stardom, despite her name being last in a long list of cast members.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Worse, there was a disconnect at Warsh’s last press conference between his strident rhetoric on achieving price stability and the lack of explanation for why he wasn’t already raising rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Managing the makeup of the roughly $31 trillion Treasury market has been among the tools it has deployed toward achieving that goal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Honoring commitments that have already been made to the entertainment industry is an essential step in achieving that goal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Planning appeal rules would also be changed to stop "occupiers from achieving through the appeal system what is denied through the application route".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“But there was nothing he cared about more deeply than achieving a lasting peace in the world.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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