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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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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

“Screen Time” is the latest success story in the booming micro-drama genre that is sweeping Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Next is seen as a high street success story and a business that has evolved and adapted while its rivals from years gone by have gone to the wall.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

And now the estate’s sanctioned box office success story, “Michael,” an absurd, sanitized musical biopic, has audiences dancing in the aisles during the concert numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

For a variety of reasons, both blacks and whites distorted the nature of this black success story and its significance to other African-Americans.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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