achieve
verb (used with object)
to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish.
were achieving
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past progressiveof achieve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reviewed more than 300 AI initiatives, they found only 5% were achieving quantifiable value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
“It felt like we were achieving a nice meshing with him. Musically and in terms of the way we worked together, it was a good chemistry and suddenly it was gone full stop.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
For an artist with a daring, theatrical sensibility, it was a retrograde pairing, as though Lindsey were achieving an element of surprise by playing against expectations.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Last year, Audit Scotland warned that the gap between what Scotland's poorest and richest young people were achieving in school "remained wide".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2022
While the gallant armies of the West were achieving these victories, operations in the East were crowned by the decisively important triumph at Gettysburg.
From Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln by Isacc Newton Arnold
