success story

noun

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

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

: someone or something that has achieved a goal

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

: 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 Not doing the success story of a boxer, but actually the how-to-say-goodbye moment. —

Marc Malkin, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024 This wasn’t a fly-by-night success story—Baker has published more than 600 papers in his career—and neither was AlphaFold2, the Google DeepMind project that was awarded the prize by the committee. —

Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024 Ten years ago, commentators were telling Americans their northern neighbor was a middle-class success story. —

Dominic Pino, National Review, 7 Oct. 2024 For a success story like this, the right videos featuring the right songs have to end up in front of the right people. —

Delisa Shannon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for success story

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