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

Many Wall Street executives supported Trump's 2024 election bid to ease up on government regulations and revive the spirit of the American success story. —Susan Tompor, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025

In many ways our city is already a climate success story. —Grace Rauh, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025

But as a part of a wave of name, image and likeness stars who have already been the faces of a program and the sport, Bueckers is poised to be another success story in this era of historic WNBA growth. —Ben Pickman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

Thanks to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on the country, that success story might be the last of its kind, for a while at least. —Angela Watercutter, Wired News, 10 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for success story

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