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achieved

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verb

past tense of achieve

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Recent Examples of achieved
Verb
Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026 OpenAI is open about the fact that the numbers are achieved under the best possible conditions and may be slightly different from the models available in the production ChatGPT product that most users can access. Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Both come from humble beginnings and achieved great personal and financial success over the years. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Across 2024-25, Newcastle brought in £52m from matchday income, less than half of what four of the ‘Big Six’ achieved. Chris Waugh, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Hammer achieved the hazy effect by placing her bifocals in front of her camera, effectively drawing a comparison between her eye and her lens. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 For decades, quality has largely been achieved through downstream activities such as monitoring, query resolution and reconciliation. Avik Pal, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Beijing aims to transform the region into a high-altitude green energy powerhouse, with projects that include a $168 billion megadam, currently under construction, that could stretch the limits of what human engineering has achieved. Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Lilly said a study showed people on its experimental, next-generation weight-loss shot retatrutide achieved weight loss of 19% to 28%. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 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
  • If the idea is to make the Emmys even less suspenseful, mission accomplished.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • It’s accomplished by reverse osmosis, consuming about 30 percent less energy compared to traditional systems.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 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
  • Ukraine is urgently trying to improve its air defenses as Russia's invasion stretches into its fifth year, and on Thursday won pledges of more support from Canada.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Banks ,who won a Best Melodic Rap Performance Grammy in 2024, was found not guilty of conspiracy, stalking using a dangerous weapon, stalking resulting in death, and two counts involving murder-for-hire.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The study successfully fulfilled the terms of the National Environmental Policy Act.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • With 29 wins in the previous three seasons and a 47-29 record overall at MU as of Thursday night, Drinkwitz has fulfilled plenty to date.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Sellers with finished films that didn’t earn a slot in the festival itself are now able to host private market screenings of some still big commercial films.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
  • An obsession with discipline—both in the process and finished pieces—has driven her to deliver numerous competition wins for saddlery and wearable arts, and exhibition honors at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
    Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The anti-migration and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany, or AfD, fell just short of a majority in Sunday’s vote in Saxony-Anhalt, a small eastern state that gained outsized prominence as AfD eyed power there.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The effort has been working, but the need for such a massive, taxing and expensive operation proves how much influence Iran has gained over the Strait of Hormuz.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Achieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieved. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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