success story

noun

1

: a story of a person who rises to fortune, acclaim, or brilliant achievement

In the world of finance, his is a great success story.

2

: someone or something that has achieved a goal

I am one of the diet clinic's success stories.

3

: someone or something that has achieved wealth, respect, or fame

That company is one of this area's biggest success stories.

Examples of success story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Entering her second season with the Blazers in Birmingham, Alabama, Smartt had hoped to turn her first stint as a head coach into a success story. —Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026

The Florida black bear, one of 16 subspecies of the American black bear, is often lauded as a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission success story, though the agency was sharply criticized for staging a hunt of the state’s largest land mammal last year. —Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026

State officials point to Lucas Oil as a great success story, since the state has never had to pay for the original $666 million debt. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026

Don’t undermine the fact that the community can be part of your success story. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for success story

• allegory
• amatory
• auditory
• category
• clerestory
• crematory
• desultory
• dilatory
• dormitory
• excretory
• extempore
• feudatory