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successes

NOUN

favorable outcome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment achievement advance benefit boom fame gain happiness profit progress prosperity realization triumph victory win

STRONG

arrival ascendancy attainment clover consummation eminence fortune fruition hit killing laugher maturation reward savvy sensation snap strike successfulness walkaway walkover

WEAK

bed of roses big hit do well easy street flying colors good luck good times grand slam gravy train happy days lap of luxury éclat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

defeat failure forfeit loss misfortune sadness sorrow unhappiness

STRONG

inferiority unfulfillment

Example Sentences

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There has been notable successes but it has become last-minute and scattergun.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“It’s a great song because I’ve had these tremendous successes and then I’m off to the next one. Because, it’s like, ‘Oh, is that all there is?’

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Seeing things as they are means understanding both their failures and successes, “their greatness and their misery.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But now that we’re years removed, how do you remember the Uncommitted Movement, its failures and successes?

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Suddenly, everything they thought they knew about their successes and failures in Berlin seemed topsy-turvy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau