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Who were the first climbers confirmed to have achieved the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest?

achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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Jefferies expects Bluescope to achieve 1H Ebit of A$960 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

While the team ultimately failed to achieve that universal moonshot goal, the broader experiment still managed to produce 17 working proteins that successfully bound to four of the targeted individual toxins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

At least 50% of Tesla's shareholders would need to approve the merger, which Musk described as "quite a high hurdle to achieve".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

To achieve their new level of precision, the team departed from the conventional method of estimating primordial helium.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was through gene regulation, Monod argued, that cells could achieve their unique functions in time and space.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

By combining two advanced microscopy techniques, the instrument achieves a resolution of approximately 120 nanometers, an unprecedented level of detail for an approach that does not require fluorescent labels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

To compound matters, the masculine ego trap also tells a man that he’s not worthy of what he wants until he achieves some nebulous milestone that, again, sets him apart from other men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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

Cornered, the liar finally admits, accidentally or intentionally, the truth; justice prevails and catharsis is achieved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Researchers at the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn achieved this remarkable transformation by reprogramming immature red blood cells into neural stem cells, which can eventually develop into brain cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The recent result was achieved on Quantinuum’s Helios computer, which is already in commercial use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Widely regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever coaches, Wiegman has already achieved what few can match.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

If so, time was precious; for, now that he had achieved a certain amount of distribution, he could, by choosing his own time, complete the task unobserved.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The "staggered" approach has worked for students at college, as the proportion of their students achieving grades A* to C at maths is well above the Northern Ireland average for non-grammar schools.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Not many people see us as a community capable of achieving something this big,” said Jaelyn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

But how close did Germany actually come to achieving that goal?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

This one did something else, reaching extreme heights but never achieving the sustained success of more entrenched conspiracy theories.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 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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