ACCOMPLISHING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

accomplishing

verb

present participle of accomplish

as in achieving

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 accomplishing On the cusp of accomplishing it for the first time, they were dismissed like a steward holding a gravy boat. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The team at Sneaker Politics is celebrating the retailer’s 20th year in business by accomplishing a long-time dream — opening a store in Houston, Texas. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 That has Republicans worried about accomplishing much at all. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 July 2026 One key to accomplishing that goal will be the quarterback position, where the Horned Frogs will have a new starter. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026 The grant funds, when received, will allow Maryland to conduct a statewide analysis of barriers to housing, support local zoning reforms and revamp permitting processes — accomplishing the very goals that Harris agrees are necessary. — Jake Day, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2026 Global travel expert and author Jessica Nabongo was the first Black woman to travel to every country on the planet, accomplishing the feat in 2019. — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026 Make Donors The Story’s Heroes Years ago, a development professional taught me to center donor communications around what the donor is accomplishing. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

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Unlike conventional designs, where light is confined to a narrow interface, the new architecture uses the entire available area for transport, achieving what the researchers describe as 100 percent spatial utilization efficiency.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
More employers have balked at paying for them because so many people could be eligible for the treatments and many patients stop them after achieving a weight-loss goal.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of achieving

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For a guy used to the warmth of an arena crowd, Pragiwaksono romanticizes open mics, those awkward showcases of aspiring comics performing largely in front of other aspiring comics.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2026
Outside, there will be giveaways, inflatables, DJs and local mascots and cheerleaders performing.

— Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of performing

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Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of executing

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Chinese institutions have the capabilities and are doing cutting edge work, said Huang.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
The Red Bull Showrun, a live high-speed motorsports demonstration, will feature Formula 1 cars burning out and doing donuts on a roughly half-mile stretch of Hank Aaron Drive.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of doing

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Mint Julep Experiences has built its business around making those trips easy, and the new Buffalo Bus gives travelers a straightforward way to visit one of Kentucky's most famous distilleries without having to worry about logistics.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
People making folk music around the world have a nonprofit based in Kansas City to thank for improving their odds of scoring a Grammy Award next year.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of making

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Mediators have been trying to negotiate with Hamas for months on implementing the plan, but there is skepticism in the region that Hamas will hold up its end of the bargain.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
In turn, this means professionals are changing their approach to implementing AI—seeking more precise tools, specialized to their industry workflows, that expedite more complex tasks around the integrity of high-stakes deliverables.

— Julien Villemonteix, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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