success story
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The city's transformation can be read as a success story or a warning sign.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The integration process is still in the initial stages and it is too early to tell what will happen to the Hadzabe, yet many in Tanzania already regard it as a success story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
OpenAI represents something that Musk has rarely had to contend with: a success story that outgrew him.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
More recently, it’s become an off-label success story after doctors realized a side effect of taking the drug was hair growth.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
For a variety of reasons, both blacks and whites distorted the nature of this black success story and its significance to other African-Americans.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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