attainability
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“Moonshots are great but we need to have some level of attainability and realism with the goals that we are setting,” said William Johnston, the district’s executive director of strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Countries need to "fully consider" the attainability of any new targets, said Cui Shuhong, head of the ministry's natural ecology department.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022
The housing attainability crisis is not a short-term challenge.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2022
All this complicates both the meaning and the attainability of whatever European sovereignty may be.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
They believe in this ideal, and without concealing that it is still very far off, do not doubt its ultimate attainability, and regard vitalistic assumptions as obstacles to the progress of investigation.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
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