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as in accomplishments
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 executions
the doing of an action
what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle
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as in successes
the state of being actual or complete
you should be proud of the achievement of your goals
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Recent Examples of achievements
Career milestones usually put the person in the spotlight, but behind many such achievements exists a powerful, silent dedication that people achieve through their persistent efforts and their deliberate choice to follow their life goals.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 May 2026
This suggests that the man who wore it had fought many battles or, at the very least, carried the sword publicly as a display of his status or achievements, according to Popsci.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Some in Labour say the government's achievements, including protections for renters and a higher minimum wage, are going unnoticed.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
Modest achievements, to be sure, but also tangible ones for his constituents.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Brock’s wife, Emily Brock, sees parallels between her husband’s football achievements and his determination to finish college.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The documentary’s contradiction is right there, enthralling us with the wild achievements Potter pulled off and frustrating us with his bombast, leading us to ponder whether, as The Dark Wizard suggests, either could exist without the other.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Where does Coventry’s promotion rank in Lampard’s list of career achievements?
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 7 May 2026
But in this unpredictable environment, our Alliance cannot rest on past achievements or assume that foundational principles simply endure.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 May 2026
This suggests that the man who wore it had fought many battles or, at the very least, carried the sword publicly as a display of his status or achievements, according to Popsci.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Some in Labour say the government's achievements, including protections for renters and a higher minimum wage, are going unnoticed.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
Modest achievements, to be sure, but also tangible ones for his constituents.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Brock’s wife, Emily Brock, sees parallels between her husband’s football achievements and his determination to finish college.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The documentary’s contradiction is right there, enthralling us with the wild achievements Potter pulled off and frustrating us with his bombast, leading us to ponder whether, as The Dark Wizard suggests, either could exist without the other.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Where does Coventry’s promotion rank in Lampard’s list of career achievements?
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 7 May 2026
But in this unpredictable environment, our Alliance cannot rest on past achievements or assume that foundational principles simply endure.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achievements
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Makary has touted his accomplishments as commissioner, including his priority voucher program that accelerates review times for certain drugs.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Williams, meanwhile, praised the Lauders and their accomplishments through the years.—
Nikara Johns,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Iran has carried out a string of executions since nationwide protests swept the country in January.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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After initial successes, the jihadist insurgency grew throughout the central Sahel in the mid-to-late 2010s.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 May 2026
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He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Blue Origin, on the other hand, is taking its usual reserved approach compared to SpaceX's iterative design implementations.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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Depending on the use case, that information may include security architectures, cryptographic implementations, authentication and access-control logic, vulnerability remediation code, trade secrets, and other proprietary business logic.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
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The reality of actual recordings of terror victims in India is placed alongside dramatic realizations wherein Hamza recalls coming across the perpetrators mid Muslim call to prayer, framing the enemy as Islam at large.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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One of Katz’s realizations is that the pass is a business tool in need of rejuvenation.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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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 15 May. 2026.
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