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 Ellis, Havelock
While here, there and everywhere were scattered evidences of the high skill chocolate manufacturers are attaining to—hatchets, saws, garden rakes, dolls’ tea-sets, animals of every description—all in the most delightful kind of chocolate.
From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.
Moreover, lower centres not exercised during the period when they are attaining their full development never attain the same functional development if exercised later.
From The Children: Some Educational Problems by Darroch, Alexander
