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#1 (permalink) Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:07 am Achieve a medical milestone?

Hi, I've just heard this phrase on CNN: ... they achieved a medical milestone. So, is achieve a milestone a common collocation? Thank you Nicole _________________ Life is for living.

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#2 (permalink) Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:36 am Milestone

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Hi, I've just heard this phrase on CNN: ... they achieved a medical milestone. So, is achieve a milestone a common collocation

Yes, it's an acceptable expression. I think I have probably heard it used as reached a medical milestone giving the idea of having made progress to a new stage. Then again you hear achieved a medical breakthrough so in a way it's a mixture of the two.

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