success

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Recent Examples of success Since moving into the position, von Eschenbach launched the university’s first Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning and has focused on growing enrollment, advancing student success, and strengthening community impact, according to a news release. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2025 And yet, despite the chart success, here in the U.S., hampered by travel restrictions, Cris MJ remains very much a mystery. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 27 June 2025 Holding two picks on the second day of the NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets felt positioned for success before things even tipped off. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025 Regardless of these moves’ success or failure, this is Dubas’ show. Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for success
Recent Examples of Synonyms for success
Noun
  • His achievement not only broke his own previous record of 282 half-marathons in 12 months, between 2022 and 2023, but also earned him a world title, according to news agency SWNS.
    Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • In Wright’s case, that includes being able to support her family during the move and helping her teenage daughter get settled into her routines—an achievement that resonates with Krug’s message about making space for more things that matter.
    Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • This one is a blended malt whisky aged in first-fill sherry casks that’s proven to be a particular hit in Asian markets.
    Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The first film ignited to $30 million domestically and $45 million globally and became a sleeper hit for Universal and Blumhouse, ultimately earning $180 million against a $12 million budget.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • More precisely, the guest list was a delicate trigonometric reflection of the couple’s affections with a very strong quotient of the regard in which the business accomplishments of the groom are held.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Although Oak Park resident Harriet Hawkins is nothing but humble when asked about her accomplishments, her son and husband have no doubts why the longtime nurse, nurse educator and mission volunteer has been chosen for the 2025 Judith C. Kelleher Award by the Emergency Nurses Association.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • In the year 2025, when an ex-Packers great in Aaron Rodgers is trying to save Pittsburgh, this kind of a blockbuster swap would only be fitting.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • Miles McBride While impactful for the Knicks, McBride is a valuable young player on a team-friendly deal — exactly the type of sweetener that could tip the scales in a blockbuster trade.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Receivers got hurt and dropped game winners, but also broke records.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • The desire among winners, or the mob, to dictate, is intoxicating.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The reentry of space objects has been a vexing problem since the beginning of the space age, McKnight told Space.com, because there are at least three physical phenomena that all have large uncertainties.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 23 June 2025
  • Measurements at the Large Hadron Collider have been stymied by one of the most central phenomena of the quantum world.
    Matt von Hippel, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025

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