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Who were the first climbers confirmed to have achieved the goal of reaching the summit of Mt. Everest?

achieve

[uh-cheev] / əˈtʃiv /


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Modern therapies can help many patients achieve remission, but diagnosing and managing IBD remains challenging.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

"But if you increase disorder too much, you also lose stability. Our framework can help pinpoint the level of disorder that helps the system achieve optimal stability."

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Without clinical supervision, many patients will misuse and then discontinue the bogus products and achieve no lasting benefit.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

She would be the first female jockey to achieve that.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

To achieve this, the staff offered mediocre service; the rooms were kept clean, but not too clean, and the building’s lone elevator was almost always out of order.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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 unusual even by AI-era standards, with analysts noting that a business built around physical hardware rarely achieves margins that high.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Found only in Ireland, it achieves a height of up to six inches and is green in colour.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

We would not have achieved this without exome sequencing, as the gene we identified wasn't an obvious candidate and little is known about Mal protein in red cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

According to most reviews, Cregger has achieved what he set out to do.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

"In India, with your assistance, chip design, manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, material ecosystem, testing capability -- we worked at all of it, at the same time, and have achieved success in it."

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

His son Aron described him as "a real character", and said he was "immensely proud of everything he achieved".

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Even if fairly dramatic changes were achieved while ignoring race, the results would be highly contingent and temporary.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

When Tanisha Saunders graduated from college eight years ago, she felt optimistic that she was on her way to achieving an American dream that included homeownership.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

On his first day, he asked his manager if they could have check-ins every six months to make sure he was achieving his goals.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

With publicly held U.S. debt having crossed 100% of gross domestic product, forecasters say that achieving 3% to 4% growth over a decade could help stabilize the debt ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Until now, achieving such intense confinement at this scale had been considered extremely difficult.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

The campaign would help him move closer to achieving that goal.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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