attain

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But perspective is everything, and something difficult to attain when following daily, hourly, or even minute-by-minute movements.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

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

Entitled “Superstar CEOs,” the researchers focused on CEOs who attain “superstar” status, as measured by, among other criteria, their company’s ranking on “most admired” lists.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

In November 1990, he was elected Poland’s president, the first man to attain that office by democratic means in more than seven decades, and the first electrician ever to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The only sustaining support possible for the human spirit, the one pure unsullied good men can hope to attain, is heroism; and heroism depends on lost causes.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton