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achieved

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verb

past tense of achieve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of achieved
Verb
While spacecraft-to-spacecraft cryogenic refuelling is yet to be achieved, the ability to refuel storable chemical propellant is still a game-changer. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026 Mid-round, golfers head to the Halfway House for burger dogs and fish tacos, and the Links Margarita has apparently achieved something close to cult status among regulars. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026 Representatives from the three countries held three rounds of trilateral negotiations early this year, twice in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, and once in Geneva, but the talks achieved no significant breakthroughs. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026 Representatives from the three countries held three rounds of three-way negotiations early this year but achieved no significant breakthroughs. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 But the macroeconomic stability Milei has achieved has yet to translate into stronger jobs and growth. — Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 May was noted to be the biggest month for e-commerce in the brand’s history, said to be achieved without discounts or promotions. — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 Throughout his career, Álvarez has achieved impressive milestones. — Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026 Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achieved
Adjective
  • Her blinkered perspective is consumed with semi-realized introspection and self-reprobation.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Rabies in humans is completely preventable but medical help must be attained right away, according to the CDC.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
  • However, those milestones won’t be attained in a Mets uniform.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • With that accomplished, an RPO satellite can do any number of things, including inspecting the target, shielding it from attacks, jamming its communications or blocking its optics.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Local 884 previously struggled with its business operations due to its size and most of its work being accomplished by volunteers, according to Local 44 business agent Tobey Bays.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Some of the administration’s attempts to cancel research grants that focused on topics like gender, diversity, equity and inclusion have been reversed, but roughly 1,240 grants remain terminated, according to a tracking project called Grant Witness.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Yann LeCun won the 2018 Turing Award—computer science’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize—along with fellow AI researchers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio for their work on deep learning, the neural network technology that underpins today’s AI boom.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Under Kreiz, Mattel also has won new or renewed entertainment licenses, including Disney Princess and Frozen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters and DC.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Errors also resulted from deliveries that had multiple pickup or drop-off locations or were only partially fulfilled, according to the company.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Courant asked to interview Santiago and Braswell, but our request was not fulfilled in time for this article.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • And while the finished home is indeed roughly 80 percent vintage (about half of it came from Somerset House’s own inventory), Eckstein knew the home’s blank, cookie-cutter palette needed the biggest intervention.
    — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers have yet to identify a finished work for which the drawing might have served as a study.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In July, Anthropic described three instances where its Claude models accessed the internet during an evaluation and gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Lindvall gained experience with Ludovic de Saint Sernin and the Swedish Fashion Council; Idink worked with independent designer showrooms.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Achieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieved. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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