Example Sentences

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She described what the ATF had accomplished in recent years, then she laid bare the extent of the pullback now underway.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Maybe he wasn’t sure himself what he was up to or, when he was done, what he had accomplished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Outgoing Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov said on Tuesday that he nonetheless felt his cabinet had accomplished a milestone.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

In the past, Spieth has talked about winning the career Grand Slam at the US PGA Championship as "the elephant in the room" and that doing so would feel like he had "accomplished golf".

From BBC • May 13, 2025

She looked proud of what she had accomplished, and Ugwu felt as if she were deliberately pulling out his teeth, one after the other.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie