astonishing achievement

collocation in English

meaningsofastonishingandachievement

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astonishing
adjective
uk
/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us
/əˈstɑː.nɪ.ʃɪŋ/
very ...
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achievement
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us
/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded ...
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(Definition ofastonishingandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On perinatal mortality, for example, we have seen anastonishingachievement.
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This is anastonishingachievementby any standards.
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I think we should at this moment join in paying some tribute to theastonishingachievementof the last six years.
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But, even so, it will be a reallyastonishingachievement.
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Given the time available to the commission, the report is anastonishingachievement.
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This is anastonishingachievement, because they maintain that it is now better than it ever was.
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It was anastonishingachievementthat by this method it formed 953 existing local authorities into 296 new districts.
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It is a remarkable state of affairs and it is anastonishingachievement.
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That was anastonishingachievement.
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That is anastonishingachievement.
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It is anastonishingachievement.
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That is anastonishingachievementin itself.
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That is a genuinelyastonishingachievement.
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That itself is a veryastonishingachievement.
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Theastonishingachievementof carrying through a programme of social services and capital investment, combined with a record export drive, has done one thing at least.
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It has been anastonishingachievement.
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It was anastonishingachievementin one respect in gathering together so many previously unpublished manuscript sources.
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The result is anastonishingachievement, a musical event which seems independent of all other musical traditions and histories...
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This is anastonishingachievementof solidarity, one that can be built on in the future.
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By any measure, those are astonishing achievements, at the same time as maintaining the network, increasing the services and modernising the system.
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