achievements

plural of achievement
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Recent Examples of achievements Two years later, the Panamanian government awarded him a medal for his baseball achievements, and in the 1930s, he was offered – but declined – the opportunity to coach Panama’s national team for the Central American Olympics. — Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026 This year’s Praemium Imperiale laureates were announced on September 8, recognizing artists for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the arts. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Their achievements also had an impact farther north, sparking the Icelandic women’s strike on October 24, 1975. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 At a time when public debt as a share of GDP has risen to its highest level since the pandemic, Lula cited his achievements in lowering poverty rates, as well as reducing unemployment, illiteracy, and deforestation to record lows. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Oct. 2026 The following decade saw the emergence of the Baby Ruth, Chuckles, Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, the Mounds bar, and the malty Milky Way bar, always a favorite of mine and the first of many signal achievements of the Mars family. — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 The strategy defines six goals that are intended to address each of the challenges alongside corresponding objectives to guide NASA’s achievements of the goals. — David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026 However, not all do these achievements carry the same evidence. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 Patterson received several medals for his service and achievements, according to the Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs, including the Air and Space Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achievements
Noun
  • The full record includes real accomplishments, like restoring a depleted franchise to playoff relevance, attracting Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, adding James Harden and recovering substantial draft capital after that era unraveled.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • When judging, Sallam is less interested in comparing styles or technical accomplishments than in what remains after the screening.
    — Essie Assibu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Following the execution attempt, Lee halted Tennessee's remaining executions for the year and ordered an independent review of what went wrong.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Sarah Kimani, Amnesty International’s media manager, told the AP in a January interview that the organization’s research documents summary executions, torture, abductions and rape by both government forces and the OLA.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • To Prime and Beyond From 2002’s Resident Evil remake to the more recent successes with Resident Evil 2 & 4, Capcom has managed to recreate the feeling and survival horror tropes of the originals while modernizing the gameplay.
    — Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • By contrast, the successes of financialization—including the countless projects and transactions that proceed smoothly every day—go largely unnoticed.
    — Monica Ningen, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Most current implementations still require your approval before the agent finalizes an order.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This is especially true given the vast number of Android apps on the Google Play Store that already support desktop implementations.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Already offputting, Reid’s performance of Rapp’s dawning realizations — flipping from dismissive skepticism to feverish belief with little in between — grows less grounded by the minute.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But beyond the self-indulgences, realizations about the nature of life and the rules of society emerge.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 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

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“Achievements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achievements. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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