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• v  to gain with effort
• v  reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
• v  find unexpectedly
• v  reach a destination, either real or abstract
• s  achieved or reached
  the actual attained achievement test score

• Then, in the 1990s, he presided over a long economic and financial-market boom and attained the status of Washington's resident wizard.
• Said he: ''Greater productivity and employment would result if greater price flexibility were attained.
• By the breadth of his crimes, which have attained a quasi-ontological dimension, he surpasses all his predecessors: as a result of Hitler, man is defined by what makes him inhuman.

• achieve
• accomplish
• attain
• reach
• hit
• fall upon
• strike
• come upon
• light upon
• chance upon
• come across
• chance on
• happen upon
• discover
• make
• arrive at
• gain

News & Articles

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• INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Chick Corea
  All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Corea's birthday today! An NEA Jazz Master, 16-time Grammy winner, prolific composer and undisputed keyboard virtuoso, Chick Corea has attained living legend status after four decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering.
  June 12, 2013 - All About Jazz
• Children's Services Council of Martin County conference discusses 'unified vision'
  STUART — The Children’s Services Council of Martin County believes strengthening the community starts with the health and well-being of children, and that success can’t be attained without the involvement of the entire community.
  June 12, 2013 - Stuart News
• Pop album review: The Lonely Island's 'The Wack Album'
  The group's latest offering seems short on fresh ideas. The Lonely Island's third studio disc presents an unlikely problem: Nearly eight years after they attained instant comedy-rap stardom with "Lazy Sunday," these "Saturday Night Live" veterans have become better rappers than comedians.        
  June 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Ramalinga Raju in CITY A.M.
  In statement Raju said: "What started as a marginal gap between actual operating profit and the one reflected in the books of accounts continued to grow over the years." "It has attained unmanageable proportions as the size of the company...
• Ali Larijani in International Herald Tribune
  The relatively small number of residential units completed and the record prices attained in certain transactions this year have caused concern about the supply of flats, difficulty in purchasing a home, and the possibility of a property... Donald Tsang http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tsang&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHXNQD5Tb1cFtaOs6gsc01ej10lwg Reuters India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-43151420091014&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGI1Rdp1NCNX3DizkuH7VcP4H9g5g Oct 14, 2009 6436 9544 attained The security and stability of the region needs to be attained and we should do it inside the region, not through bringing in foreign forces," Larijani said. "We should stand on our own feet."