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
The Music City Loop combines multiple complicated aspirations dreamed up by Musk, and few of them have succeeded at accomplishing the feat they were created for.
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Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than starting with rules and logic, a perceptron learned a rule for accomplishing some task from data.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The Buttholes began the nineties by accomplishing the unlikely, then the unthinkable.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
One of the most effective vehicles for accomplishing all of this is a charitable remainder annuity trust, known as a CRAT.
—Andre Pennington, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But there had to be a means of getting the food in without accomplishing the mission of undermining the war effort.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
KPop Demon Hunters is accomplishing things — albeit in a different consumption era — that classic soundtracks like Saturday Night Fever couldn’t.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Often the act of reaching the goal or accomplishing the feat is the end of the story.
—Cassidy Randall, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet far too often their efforts are stifled — not by a lack of skill or commitment, but by a bureaucratic system that forces them to spend more time navigating administrative hurdles than accomplishing their goals.
—Darrell Crate, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than starting with rules and logic, a perceptron learned a rule for accomplishing some task from data.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The Buttholes began the nineties by accomplishing the unlikely, then the unthinkable.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
One of the most effective vehicles for accomplishing all of this is a charitable remainder annuity trust, known as a CRAT.
—Andre Pennington, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But there had to be a means of getting the food in without accomplishing the mission of undermining the war effort.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
KPop Demon Hunters is accomplishing things — albeit in a different consumption era — that classic soundtracks like Saturday Night Fever couldn’t.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Often the act of reaching the goal or accomplishing the feat is the end of the story.
—Cassidy Randall, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Yet far too often their efforts are stifled — not by a lack of skill or commitment, but by a bureaucratic system that forces them to spend more time navigating administrative hurdles than accomplishing their goals.
—Darrell Crate, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishing
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Hartmann said the partnership with Alight and Neoen is expanding renewable electricity capacity in Sweden and advancing H&M’s goal of achieving net zero through a circular business model.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is most effectively done by achieving what is known as herd immunity through vaccinations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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If the initial project is successful, another 150,000 cubic yards can be scooped out, fulfilling a chunk of OCTA’s obligations for sand nourishment.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is the second ALS clinic operated by UAMS, complementing the original Little Rock location and fulfilling a growing need for access to specialty neurological care in the state's rapidly expanding northwest region.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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During the annual Rhythm & Roots Reunion festival, Shanghai is the first to set up a stage for performing bands.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Yungblud is performing at the 2025 MTV VMAs as part of a special tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne, who died at age 76 on July 22.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Levy was executing the work of the business every day for 24 years.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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State lawmakers over the years have also charged the agency with executing a slew of smaller grants, including the $20 million in state funding approved in 2022 for Fay Beydoun and her nonprofit Global Link International now at the center of the attorney general office's probe.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Along the top of the fire, the crews continue working slowly parallel with, and sometimes on, the McKinley Grove Road, doing clearing vegetation by hand, applying pre-treatment, and conducting critical strategic firing operations to remove heavy vegetation in front of the active fire front.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Present them with advice and encouragement and then present them with a reward for doing it, the T-shirt and the medal and the photographs.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After making a joke about the height of the microphone, Grande reiterated her appreciation for her supporters.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Vine & Dandy is open to making a custom color or even potentially printing a unique design on a shirt.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In addition to implementing many voluntary changes, and even after a valiant legal fight and court victory, Harvard may still make a deal to get Trump off its back.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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There’s a long road to implementing an admissions tax.—
Malachi Barrett,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Accomplishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accomplishing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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