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as in success
a successful result brought about by hard work
this improvement in your time for a 10K road race is quite an achievement!
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as in execution
the doing of an action
what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle
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as in accomplishment
the state of being actual or complete
you should be proud of the achievement of your goals
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Recent Examples of achievement
Last month, the Television Academy unveiled the winners of the 77th Emmy Awards in its highly specialized juried categories, celebrating standout achievements in animation, costume, emerging media programming and motion design.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The Creative Arts Emmys, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, honor outstanding artistic and technical achievements in television.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
His achievement became a permanent part of the nation’s history as it was read into the congressional record on the House floor.
—Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Only Otto Graham, Jim McMahon, John Elway and Troy Aikman have reached this achievement.
—Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
The Creative Arts Emmys, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, honor outstanding artistic and technical achievements in television.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
His achievement became a permanent part of the nation’s history as it was read into the congressional record on the House floor.
—Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Only Otto Graham, Jim McMahon, John Elway and Troy Aikman have reached this achievement.
—Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for achievement
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Bateman's character, Vince Friedken, battles a gambling addiction in a trailer for the crime thriller, as Law's Jake Friedken celebrates the growing success of his buzzy establishment.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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This pamphlet was written after Paine narrowly escaped execution during the Terror.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Sep. 2025
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Fantastic execution by everyone by the whole team.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sleep Token Managed the Same Feat The accomplishment, which had never been achieved before November 2024, was repeated this past spring.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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For him, the clothes are an entry point to celebrating the lives and accomplishments of Black women, including Coretta Scott King, Diahann Carroll, and Mahalia Jackson, and Fredye Marshall and Dorothy Lee Bolden.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Still, what’s missing from the public discourse about violence in Chicago is the realization that suicide, and not homicide alone, is silently taking the lives of hundreds of Black residents across the city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The realization that these parts would take hundreds of years to produce using conventional 3D printing methods became a turning point in DeMuth’s story.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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And capturing demand requires cash on hand to keep up with inventory, advertising, and fulfillment expenses.—
Eric Youngstrom,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And yet there is a quiet fulfillment in removing one at a time.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since the bill’s implementation, there has been pushback from other representatives to repeal its reporting requirement.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The team plans to begin long-term demonstration operations in South Korea in 2026 to prepare for industrial-scale implementation.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Nineteen performances are scheduled on the main stage, plus another 20 on the community stage, which also will feature dance acts.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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Arya is hoping the Modern Market 100 will give investors a framework to benchmark performance across both asset classes.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Achievement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achievement. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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