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achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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“This is a category that has always helped the Fed achieve its objective of low inflation,” DuBravac said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

"What we're trying to achieve is to make rugby league in the UK and Europe as strong as possible," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Hannover Re HNR1 -0.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported a lower net profit for the second quarter, hit by currency headwinds, but said it is on track to achieve its full-year guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"We are in this process to achieve a democratic and free Venezuela," the politician wrote on X on Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

French premier Clemenceau had failed to achieve all the demands of the French people, who complained that the peace terms were too lenient and that Germany should have been partitioned into smaller, weaker states.

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

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

If SpaceX achieves that goal, it could become the most powerful and cost effective launch vehicle ever built.

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

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

“Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart, who knew my parents, achieved this feat at age 83 in 2021, taking the honor from Greybeard, who set a record at age 82 in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Only five months ago, Daniel Flores achieved a lifelong dream by opening a bike workshop.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

She said that would be "all well and good" if her MP achieved great things for the town, but she said she did not believe he had.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Zambia has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Not one cross word or impatient look, and praise for whatever small success I achieved.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

The White House has become increasingly pessimistic in recent weeks about achieving a final nuclear settlement with Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Chatterjee believes the company is capable of achieving the Rule of 50 — meaning that its annual revenue growth and profit margin would add up to 50% or more — by fiscal 2030.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 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

After all I’d done to lever myself out of corporate law and into more meaningful community-minded work, I knew I’d be happiest if I could engage actively and work toward achieving measurable results.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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