Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Highly skilled or developed; accomplished.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
achieve .
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Examples
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Temples are closed on Sundays and open only to church members considered worthy — a designation achieved through tithe paying and a faithful adherence to the standards of conduct expected by the church.
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Temples are closed on Sundays and open only to church members considered worthy — a designation achieved through tithe paying and a faithful adherence to the standards of conduct expected by the church.
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Temples are closed on Sundays and open only to church members considered worthy - a designation achieved through tithe paying and a faithful adherence to the standards of conduct expected by the church.
PhillyClout 2011
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Temples are closed on Sundays and open only to church members considered worthy - a designation achieved through tithe paying and a faithful adherence to the standards of conduct expected by the church.
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The Tar Heels returned home from snowy Detroit with the hardware Tuesday afternoon, greeted at the Smith Center by approximately 13,000 adorers to celebrate the title achieved a night earlier by defeating Michigan State in front of a record crowd for a championship game.
unknown title 2009
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The Tar Heels returned home from snowy Detroit with the hardware Tuesday afternoon, greeted at the Smith Center by approximately 13,000 adorers to celebrate the title achieved a night earlier by defeating Michigan State in front of a record crowd for a championship game.
unknown title 2009
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But the title achieved another significant milestone: It amassed over one million illegal downloads on BitTorrent in less than seven days.
TG Daily - All News 2008
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European champions -- a title achieved in Benitez's first season in charge -- will not qualify for the knockout stages.
CNN.com 2009
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Again, my ideas on how promoting principles in politics would be achieved is sketchy, this is something that would be hard as it goes against one of the main aims of politics – toeing the party line.
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As noted in The Iraq Study Group Report, “The United States will not be able to achieve its goals in the Middle East unless the United States deals directly with the Arab-Israeli conflict.” and “The only basis on which peace can be achieved is that set forth in UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 and in the principle of ‘land for peace.’”
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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