accomplished
adjective
ac·com·plished
ə-ˈkäm-plisht 
-ˈkəm-
1
a
: proficient as the result of practice or training
an accomplished dancer
also
: skillfully done or produced
an accomplished film
b
: having many social accomplishments
2
: established beyond doubt or dispute
an accomplished fact
Examples of accomplished in a Sentence
She has the confidence of an accomplished athlete.
He is one of the school's most accomplished graduates.
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Soto entered free agency not only as one of the sport’s most accomplished hitters over the previous six years, but also at an unusually young age.
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
By night, Ora’s lemon-yellow booths and terrazzo-crazy paving become a lively setting for Greco-Italian chef Ettore Botrini’s accessible but accomplished menu.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
There’s also three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker, one of the most accomplished players in women’s basketball history.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Born in Naples in 1943, the son of a seamstress and a railway employee who was also an accomplished and ambitious painter, Starnone began his working life as a schoolteacher.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
By night, Ora’s lemon-yellow booths and terrazzo-crazy paving become a lively setting for Greco-Italian chef Ettore Botrini’s accessible but accomplished menu.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
There’s also three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker, one of the most accomplished players in women’s basketball history.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Born in Naples in 1943, the son of a seamstress and a railway employee who was also an accomplished and ambitious painter, Starnone began his working life as a schoolteacher.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Accomplished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accomplished. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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