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achieved

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verb

past tense of achieve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of achieved
Adjective
Ultimately, the resort aims to leave guests feeling renewed, uplifted and inspired, ensuring an achieved sense of ‘weightlessness’. Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, 15 June 2021 Especially for her father, who, like her mother, was the child of Jewish immigrants, the house embodied the achieved American dream. Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for achieved
Verb
  • Meanwhile, inflation sits well below a peak attained in 2022, though price increases register nearly a percentage point higher than the Fed's goal of 2%.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Sunday shift In India, Apple stepped up air shipments to meet its goal of a 20% increase in usual production at iPhone plants, attained by adding workers, and temporarily extending operations at the biggest Foxconn India factory to Sundays, the source added.
    Aditya Kalra, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Salah’s remarkable run has already led him to achieve milestones only previously accomplished by legends.
    Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Woods Richardson accomplished his goal, getting strikes on 20 of 33 pitches on Tuesday and finishing with three strikeouts in two innings.
    Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • It's only been won three times, which is the fewest won in any single year since the game began.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That’s compared to only 55% of women who feel fulfilled still working a nine-to-five job for someone else.
    Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • School leaders believed other records that might have fulfilled the requests contained too much private information and were excluded from public record under student privacy laws.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Honda expects a 650 billion yen hit to its fiscal 2026 operating profit from tariffs in various countries, of which 300 billion yen was due to their impact on imports of around 550,000 finished cars.
    Daniel Leussink, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • This requires multiple days of filming, but then very judicious decisions that need to be made in terms of editing it into a finished film.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The rare earth dispute with China gained further traction earlier this month when a former Australian Defense Minister, Linda Reynolds, accused China of manipulating the critical minerals sector.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The event has gained traction particularly among Black professionals who are looking for places to cultivate community and joy.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Houston Astros performed major reconstructive surgery on their lineup this offseason.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Carter, 66, who played on the men’s basketball team from 1976 to 1980, said no other doctor had ever performed a rectal examination on him as part of a physical examination.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But longtime close watchers of Epstein and his legal ordeal made the case in a series of posts on X that such a list may never emerge.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Not to mention, all of the pieces are made from a durable ceramic, so you’re bound to have the set for years.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Achieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/achieved. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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