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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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“This is a category that has always helped the Fed achieve its objective of low inflation,” DuBravac said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Many inside and outside Afghanistan are asking the same pressing question: what's the best way to engage the Taliban to try to achieve meaningful change?

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The company rewards workers for the results that they achieve by applying the principles.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

“I promise we’ll remember the little people when we achieve egg drop stardom.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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

Found only in Ireland, it achieves a height of up to six inches and is green in colour.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

“Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart, who knew my parents, achieved this feat at age 83 in 2021, taking the honor from Greybeard, who set a record at age 82 in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Only five months ago, Daniel Flores achieved a lifelong dream by opening a bike workshop.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

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

Darwin had, it seemed, achieved yet another marvelous synthesis between opposing poles of biology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Losing weight can reduce some of these risks, but achieving substantial weight loss through diet and exercise alone can be difficult.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Macquarie doesn’t see ASX achieving its A$150 million additional capital target at the end of FY27.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

"We hope that by having a grand jury return an indictment in this case it will bring us one step closer to a trial and achieving justice," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

In Portland, Maine, I came closest to achieving a decent fit between income and expenses, but only because I worked seven days a week.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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