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

For Przenioslo, the interest was not simply an internet success story. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Just another typical Hollywood success story — except this one happens to be about a 17-pound baby pig that got adopted by Diane Warren. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Nuclear power is being asked, simultaneously, to be the industry’s proudest recent success story and its most notorious case of megaproject failure. — Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Allison Rugila, associate Sound keeper with Save the Sound, said that the presence of dolphins in the Long Island Sound points to both an ecological success story and a potential warning about the impacts of climate change. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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