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attainment

[uh-teyn-muhnt] / əˈteɪn mənt /


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She added that the "persistence" of the attainment gap was "a huge concern as well as a huge challenge".

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

These populations are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, and face socioeconomic barriers like lower educational attainment and less access to quality healthcare.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Historically, educational attainment has been an effective way of addressing social inequality, and standardized testing is one of the few ways to measure which policies are working and which ones aren’t.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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