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

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 Klapper, Paul

Those first-planted are attaining large size, and the thinning brings in a considerable annual income.

From The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars by Henty, G.A.