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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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“When it comes to investing, the goal is always to achieve the best return with the least amount of risk,” said Forest Dutton, a certified financial planner in Lexington, S.C.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

This carefully engineered system creates the illusion of ultrafast rotation, reaching effective rotational speeds far beyond what conventional mechanical systems can achieve.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Annabel got her brother to play a board game by Kiyosaki in which players have to build income to achieve their financial dreams.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

"Those who used him to achieve their own objectives will have to be exposed."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The way to achieve the ultimate liberation through lifelessness is to cease paying heed to the illusion of reality.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Although it cannot match Starship's enormous lifting capacity, it achieves much greater efficiency.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Whether SK Hynix achieves anything close to that is difficult to say, but it seems nearly certain that another cyclical downturn will come eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

But he will be even richer if he achieves a few profound goals.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Morningstar’s base-case scenario, which it assigns a 50% probability, assumes that SpaceX achieves a reusable Starship rocket and somewhat economical orbital data centers.

From MarketWatch Jun. 6, 2026

The more tests given—and the more students enrolled in rigorous courses—the higher the ranking a school achieves.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Silver, another haven asset that tends to be more volatile, has tumbled 49% from its record of $115 per troy ounce achieved early this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

One wonders what France might have achieved in 1962 or 1966 had they been able to call on such a fearsome striker.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Writing in the journal Nature, the team showed that wave amplification can be achieved using a device that simulates extreme rotation without physically spinning.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

Egypt achieved their first-ever World Cup win before later reaching the last 16 teams at the global spectacle for the first time after beating Australia on penalties.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

What if the solution to the structure of DNA could be achieved by the same “tricks” that Pauling had pulled?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

But by the time he left office, he was finally achieving something unlikely: becoming a power center of his own.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

“This historic act of generosity will give millions of low- and middle-income children an even stronger shot at achieving the American Dream,” the White House said on its website about the accounts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The shift reflects a broader trend of “Made in China” products achieving top quality at lower prices, according to a consulting firm director.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel is proud of what his sons have accomplished as they move closer to achieving their major league dreams.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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