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[ noun ] the action of accomplishing something

Synonyms

accomplishment

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Of the two cherished achievements the elderly Spahn 's hitless pitching probably reached the most hearts .

(The New York Times,...)

With the announcement of a `` special achievement award '' to William_A._Bill_Shea , the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night 's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New_York Chapter , Baseball_Writers_Association_of_America , at the Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel .

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

People who take us for suckers are like the Westerner who had on exhibit his superior marksmanship in the form of a number of bull's-eye achievements .

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

When we say , then , that today , in our situation , the demand for demythologization must be accepted without condition , we are simply saying that at_least this much of the liberal tradition is an enduring achievement .

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

It becomes most evident in his description of Christ as the second Adam , who does indeed come to destroy sin , but whose work culminates in the achievement of immortality .

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