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achievement

[uh-cheev-muhnt] / əˈtʃiv mənt /


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Fourth place on the grid is low-key for the Mercedes driver in the context of his season as a whole - and the gargantuan achievement of which he stands on the brink.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The achievement is particularly significant because the improved algorithm preserves the overall runtime of the earlier approach while expanding the range of distances for which reliable estimates can be guaranteed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Guyana has "managed to keep an enormous percentage of your forests. That is an incredible achievement," Charles said Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Their achievement at the polls this week could persuade those citizens that they have agency and political power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But the ultimate achievement was to thump Dad’s.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Shirley Dace, as she worked the phones at Bass headquarters, referred to a five-page list of personal achievements and positive developments during the mayor’s first term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

He has spoken of turning military achievements into diplomatic ones, a nod to negotiated solutions, and has described Netanyahu’s goal of regime change in Iran during the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign as too ambitious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

She said that she was proud of her work connecting businesses with city services and other achievements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

She described Blair's physical achievements since her MS diagnosis as "nothing short of a miracle" and noted that she still lives with pain daily.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In those days, I believed that proficiency in English and success in business were the direct result of high academic achievements and I assumed as a matter of course that Sisulu was a university graduate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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