attain

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Pereira was arrested in his room at an asylum hotel in Uxbridge, west London, and told officers about his "long and tireless battle with the Home Office to try to attain asylum", said the prosecutor.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Devising a strategy to attain your goals — and following through — is within your control.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

"Wanting to become stronger and to attain a higher rank is my motivation," he said in fluent Japanese.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

But few values worth pursuing are perfectly attainable: Courts never achieve perfect justice; nor do democracies attain perfect political equality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.

From "1984" by George Orwell