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Definition of success
1obsolete :  outcome, result
2a :  degree or measure of succeedingb :  favorable or desired outcome; also :  the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence
3:  one that succeeds
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Examples of success in a sentence
An enormous popular and critical success, The Liars' Club was credited with (or blamed for) launching a new wave of memoir-writing. (Karr deflects this accusation: “I think memoir started with St. Augustine,” she told Salon in 1997.) —Mollie Wilson O'Reilly, Commonweal, 23 Oct. 2009
Fred tries to keep up his end of the conversation, but without much success; he has never grown bulbs, cooked veal, seen a film by Fassbinder, etc. He feels provincial and out of it … —Alison Lurie,Foreign Affairs, 2006
Since I was interested in finding out about the successes as well as the failures disabled women experience in the world, I interviewed women who had some work experience, although it was often part-time work and sometimes interrupted. —Mary Grimley Mason, Working Against Odds, 2004
The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success. —Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
Success came easily to him.
She is country music's most recent success.
The growth of the tourism industry is one of the city's great successes.
Recent Examples of success from the web
Such glaring discrepancies have begun to catch the attention of the Knicks, who can no longer rest on the success of their unexpected start.—Seth Berkman, New York Times, Kristaps Porzingis, East’s Rookie of Month, Continues Recent Struggles, 2 February 2016
Mr. Sanders’s success in Michigan seemed to energize him Wednesday in countering Mrs. Clinton’s attacks on immigration.—Patrick Healy And Amy Chozick, New York Times, In Democratic Debate, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Clash on Immigration, 9 March 2016
The Mets were reminded again on Tuesday how important their rotation will be to their successthis season.—Tim Rohan, New York Times, Intrigue Surrounds Absence of Met
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