success story
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It’s also the kind of success story that theatergoing audiences love to champion, and that fairweather viewers find intriguing enough to check out themselves.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
For the Saudi leadership, it has of course been presented as a success story, even if not on the scale once envisaged.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The integration process is still in the initial stages and it is too early to tell what will happen to the Hadzabe, yet many in Tanzania already regard it as a success story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Executives pointed to “Scream 7,” a late February release that has topped $200 million in global ticket sales, as a success story.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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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