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success

noun

sək-ˈses

as in achievement

a successful result brought about by hard work a long list of successes that the retiring president of the college can point to with pride

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as in hit

a person or thing that is successful their homemade jellies have been such a success that they are now distributed nationwide

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Recent Examples of success Having said all that, luck and an opportune break or two are still key ingredients to political success, as Davis suggested. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026 Their success can be largely credited to the leadership of the talented and charismatic Qassem Soleimani, head of the Guards’ elite Quds Force. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026 The three-time MVP center has never been reluctant to share his honest outlook on Denver’s successes and failures. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 The overall result of the competition was a massive success for the team, the news release stated. —

News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for success

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What is once in a lifetime in some places, once a generation in other places, occasional in the most prosperous of programs, has become a baseline achievement for the men’s and women’s basketball teams in Storrs.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
The achievement marked the start of the offshore wind farm’s electricity supply to the UK grid.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026