achieve

Example Sentences

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"I think the strategy is more about what they want to avoid than about exactly what they want to achieve."

From Barron's

“We have objectives. We will do this as long as it takes to achieve those objectives, and we will achieve those objectives. The world will be a safer place when we’re done with this operation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He also repeated criticism that boards of directors in the UK sometimes lacked the expertise to nurture new technology in the way that American companies, particularly in Silicon Valley, have achieved.

From BBC

America's military goals in Iran "will be difficult to achieve, and in some cases, will be difficult and gritty work," Caine said.

From BBC

To achieve that it surrounds itself with a formidable level of protection.

From BBC