successful
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To help this, and in recognition of his successful completion of the program, he was allowed to move to the Monroe Correctional Complex, a lower-security institution.
From Slate • May 2, 2026
While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the U.S. has carried out several successful operations during Trump’s second term and has sufficient stocks of munitions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
"We can probably welcome some sort of tagging system like this, though it may favour the more commercial and successful artists already active rather than new independent artists."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Peter made himself very popular with everyone because whenever he came back from one of his successful scrounging quests, he would share out all he could.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing successful
Power Suffix: -ful
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