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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
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 The group has achieved a number of critical highs in recent years. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 Now he is represented by both, an art-world EGOT-level feat that only the late Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter achieved at certain points in their careers. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026 This shimmery style is achieved by using a magnetic gel polish and a magnet to direct particles in the formula into a 3D pattern on the surface of the nail, creating an effect that mimics the light-shifting pattern of a cat’s eye. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 18 Sep. 2026 Its budget has been reported as anywhere between €14 million ($16 million) and €18 million ($20 million), which can only be achieved in Europe via a daring and bullish backing by a major player. — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Matsuyama’s auction high stands at $647,125, achieved at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2023; 33 of his works have sold in the six-figure range. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 One such designer was Filippino designer Joel Wijangco, who produces surreal designs like heels modelled like a tea cup with blue toile made with ceramic effect achieved by using transparent ocean plastic. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 That’s achieved through both quicksilver political comedy and the seamless incorporation of the dual-screen lifestyle that defines not just teens and twenty-somethings — but practically every age group these days. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 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
  • In this new culture, freedom was attained not through engagement in political struggle but through individual consumer choices.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What Columbia hadn’t accomplished was a statement victory in its own classification.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Upheavals so profound are not accomplished without loosing uneasy spirits that will haunt us for many days.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 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
  • The next year, women won equal right to credit cards and mortgages.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Both Davis and Washington were nominated for Academy Awards as actors — Davis won an Oscar trophy for best supporting actress — and the film earned a best picture nomination.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The former security chief fulfilled Beijing’s long-standing imperative to enact a homegrown national security law in 2024.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • That should drive major upside to shares of NexGen, even though the project is far from finished and poses risks, per JPMorgan.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The idea was to give what is normally a temporary and invisible stage of the process as much presence as the finished precious object.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The state AGs and the WGA filed suit in July after federal regulators had approved the deal, and gained surprising traction in a series of early court rulings, giving opponents of the merger hope it would be curtailed or even fully blocked.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies back in May, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Achieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieved. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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