success story
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Even Kosovo, often cited as the success story of coercive air power, undermines the case.
From Salon
Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.
While Um, the California financial planner, had a personal-loan success story with one client, it didn’t work out so well for another.
From MarketWatch
Bangladesh was long hailed as a development success story, boasting per capita income higher than India’s and notching gains in life expectancy and female literacy—driven, in part, by its rise as a low-cost garment exporter.
Oklahoma City is not the only small-market success story in the NBA.
From Los Angeles Times
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