attain
verb (used with object)
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain.
are attaining
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present progressiveof attain.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Still, several women nowadays are getting the chance to take over control of films from directors' chairs, and a larger number are attaining considerable influence as scriptwriters.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is what we are attaining in England, and, as we know, our steadily falling birth-rate results in a steadily growing population.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
Workingmen are ceasing to respect the collective contracts which formerly constituted their charter, strikes are declared for insignificant motives, and unemployment and pauperism are attaining disquieting proportions.
From The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave Le Bon
How can teachers or students know that they are attaining that degree of comprehension known as thoroughness?
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper
