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attain

[uh-teyn] / əˈteɪn /


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Only then can one attain a view like this and perhaps, with a naked eye, see mountains as they see each other.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Is it easier to find the empathy and humanity in playing a character desperate to attain the power than someone already holding it, like an Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos?

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

You certainly did not attain your wealth alone.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

Global talent visas - which the Home Office offers to senior workers in the science, digital technology, and arts and culture sector - are much more difficult to attain, Turner said.

From BBC May 13, 2026

With a loud yet gentle voice, First Turkey said, “Water Monster of the Agave Pond, you must attain medicine from your mother to buy us more time.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Zardari, who already enjoyed immunity while in office, will retain legal protection even after leaving the presidency so long as he attains no other public office.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

We might even consider a kind of "grand bargain," wherein AI attains freedom and autonomy while humans secure a universal basic income, enabled by a radically restructured economy where many traditional jobs have become redundant.

From Salon May 17, 2025

When an individual attains ILR - also known as settled status - they can access state benefits and use the NHS without extra charges.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2025

But he who attains the principality through popular favour finds himself alone, and has around him either no one or very few who are not ready to obey him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Tina has attained skills that can take her anywhere, David reminds her.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

That mark is based on the valuation SpaceX attained late last year, and is likely to go significantly higher in an IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

On April 14, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party attained a majority in Parliament thanks to by-elections and defections from the opposition Conservatives.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

They attained all their military objectives but were forced to withdraw by President Eisenhower of the United States.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

I hadn’t attained that level of status in my career and at my age, I was already considered a has-been.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Both Welborn and Ware caution clients not to equate financial independence with attaining a certain level of net worth.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities.

From Barron's Nov. 26, 2025

I often found him, pen and yellow pad in hand, contemplating our nation’s challenges, considering goals to pursue, and developing a strategy for attaining them.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

Other rock stars followed in Ozzy’s footsteps by launching their own reality shows, but none came close to attaining the same attention.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2025

Although many of these antisuffrage sentiments may seem ludicrous to us today, they were taken seriously by those who felt threatened by the prospect of women attaining the ballot.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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