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achievement

[uh-cheev-muhnt] / əˈtʃiv mənt /


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The achievement gives scientists a new way to examine how the brain and body work together to produce complex actions, including walking and flying.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Getting out of group play would be a massive — and obtainable — achievement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It was a "major achievement of national cultural policy," the official said, to get the "art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration" added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Eventually, they were brought back to England, where McClure and his men received cash rewards for their historic achievement.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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