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Six example sentences with attain, each labelled with its topic.
Few people attain real calm under pressure without years of practice in noticing their own thoughts.
Psychology
It took him two years of training to attain the speed needed for the national team.
Fitness
The colony did not attain full independence until 1962, after a long and costly war.
History
The economy may attain full employment next year, with the jobless rate forecast to fall below three percent.
Economics
Few pianists attain the rank of concert soloist before thirty, however many competitions they enter.
Music
In the lab the metal must attain a temperature of nine hundred degrees before it starts to glow.
Science
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