achieving

verb

present participle of achieve
1
as in attaining
to obtain (as a goal) through effort finally achieved stardom

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2
as in accomplishing
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 achieving That's a big step toward Verstappen achieving his target of avoiding a first winless season since his 2015 rookie year. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Upon landing, the craft passively self-rights and transitions its dual wingsails to wind propulsion without active morphing, achieving a high 91 percent effective mass usage across air and water. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 Governments must find the political will to better link their economies in the interest of achieving growth that reaches ordinary citizens. — Dan Restrepo, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 While inflation has made achieving billionaire status quite a bit easier over the years, data from the World Inequality Database shows that the share of wealth held by the top 1% has been rising for decades. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 However, their understanding of success is inextricably linked to achieving good mental and physical health. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Orbit is Flight 14’s primary focus, and only by achieving that milestone can SpaceX move on to clear the rocket’s remaining hurdles. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026 For younger Americans, that could be due in part to the barriers to achieving some of those traditional milestones. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achieving
  1. attaining
  2. accomplishing
  3. winning
  4. fulfilling
  5. gaining
  6. performing
  7. making
  8. executing
Verb
  • This older world is often focused on common American ideals of individualism and grit as the primary tools for attaining personal success.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, what happens when their agreeable or polite approach to attaining something doesn’t work?
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of attaining
Verb
  • Curtis had a difficult time rebuilding the staff at her clubs on the way out of the pandemic — accomplishing that only with the help of comics who promoted her efforts on their podcasts.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Achievement is much more useful when the person accomplishing it still likes the life waiting afterward.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of accomplishing
Verb
  • Initially, 18 full-size models were built during an internal competition called Project Renaissance, from which the winning design was selected.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
  • From Big Talk Studios, the International Emmy Award-winning detective drama, starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, follows a genius puzzle setter navigating life as a police consultant.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of winning
Verb
  • The research of Soai, along with that of Kagan, contributed to fulfilling the remaining two criteria, for which the duo received the 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In August, his wife, Rivka, gave birth to a daughter, fulfilling a promise that Bohbot made to himself in the tunnels to give his 5-year-old son, Reem, a sibling.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of fulfilling
Verb
  • Ruerup quickly rose through the ranks at Oxxford, gaining experience with everything from product and design to marketing and technology.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Stream, a strategic partner for Talpa Studios, focused on creating formats for the streaming generation, has developed several other titles that are gaining traction in the market.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of gaining
Verb
  • His new project, Flop, aims to create a spot market for computing power, where participants are rewarded with Flop tokens for providing GPUs and performing AI inference.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The Crew-12 astronauts were very busy during their nearly 10 months off Earth, performing a variety of maintenance work and dozens of scientific experiments.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of performing
Verb
  • Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If the waiver is granted, callers would still be limited by certain conditions, including allowing consumers to opt out and making no more than three calls within 30 days to each individual recipient.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of making
Verb
  • Tykun’s own Bendetta Iovane developed the original concept, with yacht designer Tommaso Spadolini executing the design and naval architect Carlo Bertorello responsible for the hull and structural engineering.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Their playoff success breeds confidence in a group with a penchant for executing in the biggest moments while their opponents have not.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of executing

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“Achieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieving. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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