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[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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Some did not achieve a complete response, and one patient's disease returned after an initial period of medication-free remission.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Ahn was skeptical that Anthropic can achieve the $2 trillion valuation figure that has been widely circulated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

In a letter read to the court after the verdict was announced, Gia told the jurors she deeply appreciated the justice they helped her family achieve.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

"If something positive can come from this unbearable loss that we're suffering, that's all we look to achieve."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

It might seem a marriage made in heaven, but there were still hurdles to be overcome before Kepler could achieve the breakthrough that made him a key figure in the history of science.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The test of the Warsh Fed, as with all chairmen, is whether the central bank achieves and maintains price stability.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

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

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 omega-3 and ASA group achieved a nearly identical result, with 57.7% of participants reaching the same target.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

This downtrodden expanse of the Antelope Valley unexpectedly achieved a remarkable turnaround last year, reducing by more than half the number of recreational vehicles squatting on its back roads.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

For the quarter ended June, its key gastro endoscopes division achieved an operating-profit margin of about 23%, which was better than the U.S. bank had expected.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The sessions allow a free-flowing conversation about how the patient feels, what help they would like and how that may be achieved.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

He achieved such astonishing speed records that he was promoted to superintendent, and then went into the contracting business for himself, building bridges, canals, industrial towns, and factories.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Germany has a legally binding goal of achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Nearly 9.8 million investors sought a piece of the company ahead of its debut, with fewer than one in 5,000 achieving success.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

These officials said that price pressures remained broad-based and judged that the Fed should adopt a more restrictive policy stance to meet its commitment to achieving its 2% inflation target.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Judge Huw Rees said it was "inexplicable" why someone would want to drive at such "extreme" speeds, let alone why a car would be capable of achieving those speeds.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Jim Moore, the last principal of Ector High School before it was closed down as a means of achieving desegregation, felt the same way.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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