accomplishment

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as in achievement
the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

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Recent Examples of accomplishment Creating a brand that uplifts underrepresented communities is my proudest accomplishment. Essence, 29 Oct. 2025 Your cooperation with them could result in some serious accomplishments today. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025 Surpassing its previous accomplishments like walking, jumping, and performing human-like backflips, the newer Unitree G1 has demonstrated even more advanced maneuvers. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025 His accomplishments highlight both his teamwork and drive for excellence. Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for accomplishment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishment
Noun
  • The desire for a more luxury lifestyle connects directly to the success of high-end real estate development in the Middle East.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The actress was one of the women who contributed to Garavani’s success, along with Diana Vreeland and Jackie Kennedy, said Giammetti — as well as several high society women who quickly became part of the duo’s circle as well.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Great focus, play and execution in all four quarters would mean a national title.
    Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In the hours before her execution, longtime friend Dawn Botkins said Wuornos finally called herself a serial killer.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But when that third victory comes in Game 7, after a start and a win the night before, the achievement echoes through the hallowed corridors of Cooperstown.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Sauer’s greatest achievement, though, may have been in Brazilian emeralds.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But Jesmore said talking to his grandson about the design of the new world headquarters, which will be more open-concept for collaboration rather than individual offices, was an education.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Abigail Spanberger, our candidate, three pillars to her campaign, affordability, jobs, and education, which is about kids, but also about our workforce.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But despite the production’s accomplished period physical trappings, there’s an air of very 21st-century thinking here — particularly in depictions of gender-blur and adult same-sex love within the Arab world — that feels more like wish-fulfillment than the film is prepared to acknowledge.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • These are warehouses located near major ports designed to minimize ground transportation expenses and streamline the flow of goods into its wider fulfillment network.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This realization helped inspire her latest project, the podcast Desperately Devoted, which has her re-watching the show alongside her daughter, Emerson Tenney, 27, and Andrea Bowen, 35, who played her TV daughter.
    Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That realization birthed both the Tampa Bay Fashion Experience (TBFE) and the Tampa Bay Fashion Foundation.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Over two decades in the making, the $1 billion museum -- set close to the famed Pyramids of Giza, just outside the capital Cairo -- is touted by officials as the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.
    Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • It was utilized across many ancient civilizations for artwork, as well as preserving and tanning animal hides.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ideal of the Achillean warrior lives on as a touchstone for anyone attempting to understand or reinvent military culture.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But there was something about the way Matthew embraced the assignment of being the Sexiest Man Alive and saw a flattering playfulness in the pop culture accolade that made hanging with him uniquely memorable.
    Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

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