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attainment

[uh-teyn-muhnt] / əˈteɪn mənt /


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The department said that while there is a correlation between marital status and accident rates, it said that correlation could be driven by secondary factors, such as income, educational attainment and employment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Marrying early has universally detrimental effects over a range of outcomes, including educational attainment; earnings; physical, reproductive, and mental health; experiences of violence; and likelihood of divorce, particularly for girls,” the study found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The poverty-related attainment gap has narrowed compared with both last year and 2019, the year before Covid forced schools to close.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

By examining trends in educational attainment, labor force shifts and the effects of social media and AI, it can offer a grand-scale picture of societal health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Rather than channel his abilities into the attainment of awards and prizes, however, Gellert Grindelwald devoted himself to other pursuits.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

"I am very serious about my education, and my educational attainments."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

And chief among those, of course, were his musical attainments, which, in many ways, remain unparalleled.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023

For all his attainments, though, Roth remained forever a younger sibling; the family darling with an underwear drawer so beautifully arrayed his mother led her mah-jongg group on a tour of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2021

A full appreciation of him has been hobbled by his polymathic attainments.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019

Their educational attainments were noted, marriages followed, illnesses tabulated, psychological health charted, and every promotion and job change dutifully recorded.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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