achievement
Example Sentences
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Hollywood star John Travolta was given a surprise lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival Friday as he premiered the first movie he has ever directed.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Actuarial success stops being an achievement and becomes instead a liability.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The achievement could help advance quantum teleportation, which involves transferring quantum information rather than moving matter from place to place.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Darren Millar wished ap Iorwerth well, congratulating Plaid Cymru for its "formidable election result", which he said was a "huge achievement".
From BBC • May 12, 2026
In 1963, he proudly watched Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to fly to space—beating the Americans in this important achievement by twenty years.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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