as in realization
the state of being actual or complete when she landed the lead in a Broadway play, a lifelong dream was brought to fruition

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Recent Examples of fruition But, the project never came to fruition. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025 Actors who have previously been attached to Joplin biopics that never came to fruition prior to Woodley's project include Amy Adams, Zooey Deschanel, Pink, Melissa Etheridge, Brittany Murphy and Renée Zellweger, per THR. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025 Team principal Ayao Komatsu, speaking in Singapore on Thursday after speculation intensified last week about a CEO-level move from the former Red Bull chief, admitted contact had been made between the two, but nothing had come to fruition. Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 That offer only came to fruition when Hollub took a whirlwind trek to Omaha to see Warren Buffett and his Berkshire team. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fruition
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Noun
  • His support system was, understandably, excited about the realization of a dream.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Like, the realization of all this.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For director and producer Robert Eric Wise, the goal of the documentary was to introduce more young people to the work and accomplishments of pivotal Black Fort Worth residents.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The band's extensive visits to the city − and an atypically long absence from the market, six years − likely contributed to that accomplishment.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The president of Penn State, Neeli Bendapudi thanked Franklin for his achievements at the university.
    Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This is truly a remarkable achievement.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following the success, Google may be planning to integrate the image model into some of its other apps and services.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Having spent large chunks of the past year digging out from under an avalanche of derision, Stevenson has also tasted the spoils of success with the Bears, a two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Week honoree who, in the past two games, has shown flashes of what his best football looks like.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Upon being tasked with designing a transportation network for fulfillment centers that handled millions of packages annually, Kumar was faced with the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • And finally, Walmart aims to get products to customers quickly and accurately by managing their travel from ports to fulfillment centers and into people's homes.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Fruition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruition. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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