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as in attains
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
finally achieved stardom
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as in accomplishes
to carry through (as a process) to completion
finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids
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Recent Examples of achieves
Their antagonism peaked at the end of Season 3, when Deborah achieves her dream of landing a late-night chair and Ava blackmails her way into the head-writer job.
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Ultimately, all this achieves is making Davis feel like the odd-one-out, spending most of her arc running around with her side-piece rather than working with her neighbors.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Chottani achieves this by layering laser finishing techniques.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
The prototype system achieves motion-robust 3D tracking of mixed-reflectivity scenes at incredibly high frame rates.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
China is now doing the same thing in reverse—not an outright ban, but a government permission slip requirement that achieves roughly the same effect.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Yet his administration has been unable to secure a deal with Iran that achieves that aim.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Ultimately, all this achieves is making Davis feel like the odd-one-out, spending most of her arc running around with her side-piece rather than working with her neighbors.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Chottani achieves this by layering laser finishing techniques.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
The prototype system achieves motion-robust 3D tracking of mixed-reflectivity scenes at incredibly high frame rates.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
China is now doing the same thing in reverse—not an outright ban, but a government permission slip requirement that achieves roughly the same effect.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Yet his administration has been unable to secure a deal with Iran that achieves that aim.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Once trapped, the ions are reduced to a ground state through lasers, similar to what freezing them at absolute zero achieves.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achieves
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By the end of the novel, Sun Wukong attains Buddhahood.—
Frannie Comstock,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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But if a person seeking status is already wealthy or attains corporate sponsorship, for instance, a viable pathway to citizenship opens up, even if only slightly.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The scientific one — understanding how nitrogenase, tucked inside an ordinary soil bacterium, accomplishes what the Haber-Bosch process requires an industrial furnace to do — remained open.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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This accomplishes several things.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Whoever wins the primary is expected to prevail in the general, as the state currently leans Democratic in nonpresidential elections.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Thus, a team that wins the lottery will have its second-round pick slotted 46th, and the team picking 16th will also have pick 31.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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And if some don’t feel like The Mandalorian fulfills that mission,there’s always Starfighter (also greenlit under Kennedy).—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Meanwhile, José Arcadio Segundo fulfills the patriarch's dream of connecting Macondo to the outside world.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Continue reading … REALITY CHECK — Spencer Pratt gains ground on Karen Bass as LA mayoral race tightens.—
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FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The productivity gains themselves are real, but they are unevenly distributed.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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In other words, Gatsby wants to be the app and service layer that connects customers with whichever humanoid robot performs best.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Charlie Puth performs with Jimmy Fallon at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 29, as part of the singer's Whatever's Clever!—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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The Aquarius Moon makes private material more active, so give the early version room before exposing it to judgment.—
PubSubHub User,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2026
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Also, in the lead-up to the summer solstice, nights are short, which makes auroras more difficult to spot.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
4 June 2026
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Lin does almost everything at a high level, executes the small things extremely well and plays the game with a rare quality, maturity and detail for a D his age.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The state superintendent of public instruction is a nonpartisan office that oversees the California Department of Education and executes the state Board of Education’s policies.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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“Achieves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieves. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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