successful
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Nolan was the most successful and prolific among a tiny number of filmmakers who still called their own shots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Slovenia's Pogacar, 27, is aiming this year to become the joint-most successful rider in the Tour's history with five wins, alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Along with the hugely successful Dark Knight trilogy, he made hit original movies like “Inception” and “Interstellar.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
While Zhu would grow GigaDevice into a highly successful publicly traded chip designer in the years that followed, the company lacked the capital and expertise to become a memory juggernaut.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
She’d wanted to stick it to Brooklyn and the rest of the team, but she had no idea she’d be this successful.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing successful
Power Suffix: -ful
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