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success story

American  

noun

  1. an account of the achievement of success, fortune, or fame by someone or some enterprise.


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Coreweave, originally founded as an Ethereum mining venture before pivoting to AI, was an early success story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

By many accounts, it was a great success story.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

In just their second year, the Golden State Valkyries are a rare expansion success story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Every retailer today wants its own version of the Costco private-label success story Kirkland.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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