By the late 1950s, the carvings had achieved international stature.

He achieved national stature by endlessly coming up with ways to promote his town.

During his tenure, Maclean's achieved national stature.

A number of Dutch and indigenous firms were also in existence but did not achieve similar stature.

Finch has been cited as instrumental as helping the festival achieve international stature.

His interpretation was that this fulfilled her wish to avoid contamination from other human beings, and to achieve greater stature.

In my mind, he's almost achieved mythic stature.

Now that important modern architecture has finally achieved iconic stature, this is especially painful.

This movie achieved considerable international stature, and Meyer followed the migration of leading European actors to Hollywood the following year.

Barbara Bush achieved Warhol-pop stature this week when she showed up on the side of a bus.