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attainment

[uh-teyn-muhnt] / əˈteɪn mənt /


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Second-generation black African immigrants also outshine most other demographic groups when it comes to educational attainment: Almost 60% have a bachelor’s degree and a mere 3.6% don’t finish high school.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

It's a similar picture at Higher level with the ASN attainment gap being 6.2 percentage points.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

These populations are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, and face socioeconomic barriers like lower educational attainment and less access to quality healthcare.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

For young workers, studies have found the scars from missing a vital period of career attainment and network-building can last for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

With 900 million of the world's professionals registering their personal CV and career attainments on the site, LinkedIn has become a valuable resource for head-hunters and human resources departments.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2023

And chief among those, of course, were his musical attainments, which, in many ways, remain unparalleled.

From Salon Feb. 25, 2023

His attainments in judicial appointments, and aspirations for physical and social infrastructure, as well as climate change, form a serious agenda.

From Washington Post Jul. 24, 2022

For all his attainments, though, Roth remained forever a younger sibling; the family darling with an underwear drawer so beautifully arrayed his mother led her mah-jongg group on a tour of it.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2021

Their educational attainments were noted, marriages followed, illnesses tabulated, psychological health charted, and every promotion and job change dutifully recorded.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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