achieve
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One way to achieve this, he said: Staff needed to be in the office more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
However, the study cannot establish how much amyloid must be removed to achieve lasting protection or prove that plaque clearance was directly responsible for the differences in tau accumulation and brain damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
"We can't achieve any of this if we are divided," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Saka did not achieve that tally against the French visitors, but shook off illness to come off the bench and assist Eberechi Eze's strike that made it 2-0, before rolling in his side's third goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Priddy was concerned that his attempts to achieve eugenic sterilizations would still be challenged by state and federal courts.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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If it achieves that, the spacecraft will then attempt to deploy satellites designed to expand the company's already massive satellite internet constellation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
To compound matters, the masculine ego trap also tells a man that he’s not worthy of what he wants until he achieves some nebulous milestone that, again, sets him apart from other men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
There’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
That’s a six pound average for a fish that rarely achieves that sort of size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
He ultimately achieves a personal and moral victory by finding the bad guy and throwing him in jail.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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In the past, she has portrayed those casting doubts that such a resolution could be achieved as irksome malcontents.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
The play, which debuted in New York, will feature McKellen and Bridgerton star Golda Rosheuvel in 3D holographic form, which was achieved using 52 cameras filming them from multiple angles.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"This is achieved with the aid of gravity," explains paleontologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Martin from the University of Bonn.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Take a bow at everything you have achieved.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
The match would continue, indefinitely, until one player achieved ten wins, draws not counting.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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And, really, that’s all achieving anything in this life is: manifestation.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
He said it had spurred him on to pursue the opportunities that were available to him, which ultimately led to him achieving his dream of becoming an actor.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
I have had thousands of conversations over the years with young families who have dreams of living debt-free and achieving major financial goals, like owning a home or sending their children to college.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
For they gave me no sign for a month yet that I was any nearer achieving that purpose than I had been at Fish Island.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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