Example Sentences

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Potty training isn’t a process which ends with a graduation ceremony and a diploma that says Total Bathroom Independence Achieved.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

Achieved by an international team of more than 60 astronomers using observatories from around the world, the planetary discovery is detailed in a study in the November 14 Nature.

From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2018

He is also the co-founder of Race Muncie, which stands for Reconciliation Achieved Through Community Engagement.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2016

Achieved High Ratings From Leading Civil Rights Organizations: A frequent critique of Sanders is that he is from a very white state.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2015

Why rang there not a rousing pæan When Ireland, waiting to be blest, Hanging about for half an æon, Achieved at length the heights of Heaven By a majority of 77?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 by Various