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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] / Ι™ΛˆtΚƒiv /


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The team's calculations show that tungsten contamination at a concentration of just one part in 10,000 can approximately double the pressure required to achieve fusion ignition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

"I thought we were very close to an agreement, but unfortunately that was tantalisingly difficult to achieve."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The European Union's top commerce official said that it was crucial to achieve "tangible outcomes" in talks set to wrap up in China on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Imperial Brands also said it intends to achieve at least 320 million pounds of savings by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And above all, a prince should strive in all of his actions to achieve the reputation of a great man of outstanding intelligence.

From "The Prince" by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli

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

There’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Yet however avant-garde in form, Saramago’s prose achieves an expert fluidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

After nine years—in April 1957—Joey finally achieves twelve consecutive negative swabs for Hansen’s disease, and she is allowed to leave Carville.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The nuclear clock achieved a relative precision of approximately 10 to the power of minus 15, equivalent to an error of roughly one second over 30 million years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Occasionally executioners even achieved a kind of celebrity status.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

"A lot has been achieved in a short period of time", said Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, a law professor at the University of Amsterdam who served as a legal expert in proceedings before all three courts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Our epic deployment ends today and what this team achieved is amazing,” Keeler said Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Still, Anthony admired all that Willard had achieved, and she eagerly accepted help from the group.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“Collaboration with the U.S. is a prerequisite for achieving results; when that collaboration is restricted or denied, it renders your work meaningless,” Capella said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"It reminded me that we're capable of doing unbelievable things when how badly we want something matches and surpasses the difficulty of achieving it," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

It is a pure white, horned horse when fully grown, though the foals are initially golden and turn silver before achieving maturity.

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




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