accomplishments

plural of accomplishment
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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 accomplishments The two encouraged one another privately, celebrated each other’s accomplishments and eventually became fixtures in each other’s lives. Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026 Beyond the plagiarism allegations, Cofnas also raised doubt about Arday's background and personal accomplishments. Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Her accomplishments reflect the creativity, intellectual curiosity, and ambition that define Rutgers graduates, and her connection to New Jersey makes this recognition especially meaningful. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Plus, Cunningham is in her eighth WNBA season, roughly twice the length of the average player’s career, and Hill still found her accomplishments worthy of derision. Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Warfighter of the Week is a command program in which the ship’s captain personally recognizes exemplary sailors selected by their leadership for their accomplishments. Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2026 At Hayek’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in November 2021, Valentina championed her mom’s accomplishments during an on-air interview for Univision’s El gordo y la flaca. Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Their movements are tracked, conversations are restricted, decisions are tightly controlled, and accomplishments are rewarded with superficial incentives. Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 All three opted to stay despite the way management gutted the program, seemingly with little regard for its recent accomplishments. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishments
Noun
  • Investors are also curious to hear more about the Starship rocket launches after some hurdles – and successes – in July.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Investing in areas across finance, technology and real estate, as well as diverse sustainability initiatives in areas such as urban development and renewable energy, requires constant reinvention, rather than remaining focused on past successes.
    David Henkin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Prior to 2020, just three executions had been carried out since 1988.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One user request now triggers chains of model calls, tool executions, retrieval steps and recursive planning loops.
    Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • During her tenure, Granger helped drive several defense achievements, including the commissioning of the USS Fort Worth in 2012.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Leaders can use this time to intentionally spotlight and celebrate both the cultural and professional achievements of diverse team members.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But in the long term, continued progress and real-world implementations matter more than the current product demonstrations.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Commenting on the key insights from the Q2 preliminary update, Mariani noted strong oil and gas price realizations in the quarter.
    TipRanks.com, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Awakening Uranus in your 12th House of Solitude forms a trine with Pluto in your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources, stirring private realizations around trust, debt, vulnerability, or emotional labor.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Noun
  • If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The comic was first published in the 1950s, but the emphasis on last-gasp winners and talismanic performances continued until the mid-1990s — with narratives that cascaded through English football culture in the decades in between.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026

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