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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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It was at this meeting that Peake told Efan the practical steps on how to achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Hannover Re HNR1 -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a lower net profit for the second quarter, hit by currency headwinds, but said it is on track to achieve its full-year guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

I’m willing to bet we can actually achieve such a utopian outcome, even if it takes another century.

From Salon Aug. 12, 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 test of the Warsh Fed, as with all chairmen, is whether the central bank achieves and maintains price stability.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

Dee’s main objective for the day seems to be making Juan laugh, which she achieves in less than two hours.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

In beating Jack Della Maddalena last year to become a two-division champion, however, Makhachev ticked off a goal which Nurmagomedov never achieved.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

If achieved, that would mark major growth for the company and match SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s own end-of-year revenue target.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The German energy company has achieved around 68% of the mid-point of guidance, which is 2.8 billion euros, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Few people in history have achieved greater fame in a shorter period with less useful activity in the brainbox than Gen. Thomas J. Jackson.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

And the percentage of students achieving a merit or above grew from 65.3% to 68.9%.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The trouble here is the closer he comes to achieving it, the less Mitchell himself seems to exist.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The startup was seemingly on track to achieving CEO Xiao Hong's ambition of creating a Chinese company with worldwide recognition.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 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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