as in fulfills
to carry through (as a process) to completion
you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency
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Recent Examples of accomplishes
More than any live-action Marvel show that Disney+ has produced before, Wonder Man accomplishes what Netflix did with Jessica Jones and FX did with Legion (while also creating a much lighter viewing experience).
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Judy Berman, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Heated Rivalry accomplishes a hat-trick of happy gay resolutions.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Shining a laser through a person’s head seems like the first step towards technology that accomplishes both.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2025
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Sunflower Hill accomplishes all these things despite receiving no regular funding from the state or federal government – just awards, donations and the like.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Luckily for shoppers, this Saatva Santorini bed frame accomplishes both seamlessly.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
Sleep is essential for your body to function properly and your body accomplishes a lot with a few hours of quality rest.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
Heated Rivalry accomplishes a hat-trick of happy gay resolutions.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Shining a laser through a person’s head seems like the first step towards technology that accomplishes both.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2025
While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Dec. 2025
No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Sunflower Hill accomplishes all these things despite receiving no regular funding from the state or federal government – just awards, donations and the like.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
Luckily for shoppers, this Saatva Santorini bed frame accomplishes both seamlessly.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
Sleep is essential for your body to function properly and your body accomplishes a lot with a few hours of quality rest.
—Brianna Peters, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishes
Verb
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Smart & Safe Florida last week filed a brief arguing that the ballot initiative fulfills legal requirements and should be placed on the ballot.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Each member fulfills a different role.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In fact, the ultra-high and extreme energy ones, at the absolute maximum, possess millions of times the energy that the Large Hadron Collider achieves at its maximum.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Rhetorical pressure forcing dovish pivots without personnel change achieves the same outcome while preserving surface-level institutional continuity.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Gro-Low sumac performs best in full sun and tolerates partial shade, but will become less vigorous as the shade deepens.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Last week, Matthew Allen, a Minneapolis rapper and activist who performs as Nur-D, put his body on the line to fight ICE.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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System 2 handles high-level reasoning and language, System 1 translates perception into full-body motion at high frequency, and System 0 executes human-like balance and coordination at kilohertz rates.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The protocol feeds the graph, the graph trains the model, the model executes better transactions, which generates more protocol data.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While not every product in the brand’s SOS collection includes hypochlorous acid (an excellent anti-acneic ingredient), the serum does.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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When an older condo building sits on valuable land in a desirable neighborhood, like Biscayne 21 does, developers often see it as an opportunity to tear down the old and replace it with a newer, more profitable luxury condo building.—
Catherine Odom
January 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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What makes the experience especially compelling is the format itself.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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As a result of its many cooks, KPop Demon Hunters has a complex, sometimes contradictory view of what makes a song K-pop.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Greenpeace campaigner Eefje de Kroon welcomed the ruling and said that the organization would carefully monitor how the government implements the court’s orders.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The new ordinance implements a $250 fine, which increases with each violation.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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