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present participle of achieve.

achieving

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effectual adj.
performing adj.
doing n.
perfection n.

ADJECTIVE

effectual

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effective efficacious

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accomplishing adequate binding capable conclusive decisive determinative effecting efficient forcible fulfilling in force lawful legal licit potent powerful practicable productive qualified serviceable sound strong successful telling useful valid virtuous workable

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incapable unproductive useless

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impotent ineffectual unsuccessful weak

ADJECTIVE

performing

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operating

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acting doing effecting fulfilling

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carrying-out

NOUN

doing

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accomplishment act action deed performance thing

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accomplishing exploit performing

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carrying-out execution handiwork implementation

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cessation failure idleness inactivity inertia repose rest stoppage

NOUN

perfection

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accomplishment evolution excellence fulfillment ideal integrity precision purity quality superiority supremacy transcendence virtue

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acme arete completion consummation crown ending entireness exactness excellency exquisiteness faultlessness finish finishing idealism impeccability maturity merit paragon realization ripeness sublimity wholeness

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perfectness

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failure frustration imperfection inferiority

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damage deficiency flaw incompleteness uselessness worthlessness

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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

Then-CEO Hassabis founded the company in 2010 with the goal of achieving artificial general intelligence, or AGI — an AI system that matches or surpasses human capabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Speaking on the eve of the championships, she welcomed the strong competition and said achieving gold on British soil would mean as much as her Olympic triumph.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

For they gave me no sign for a month yet that I was any nearer achieving that purpose than I had been at Fish Island.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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