1
as in fulfilled
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the cast and crew were able to bring off an eccentric but engaging reinterpretation of King Lear
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as in rescued
to remove from danger or harm
had it been alerted in time, a nearby ship might have been able to bring off all of the passengers from the Titanic
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought off
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Buried under the charred rubble on Life Changers Global Ministries’ parking lot is a promise that will be fulfilled, the decades-old south Phoenix church’s pastor is quick to assure.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025 -
This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
1 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, just 10 days after being rescued, Maple had a surprise in store.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Just over 1,500 children have been rescued from Russia, with almost half of those facilitated by Save Ukraine, a charity dedicated to the return of Russian children who helped Katya get back to Ukrainian territory after her weekslong ordeal in the military camp.—
Guy Davies,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The work of both artists is among the many precedents for what Swift has accomplished.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Cincinnati Bengals have accomplished said rare feat, as the first official injury report for Week 1 holds no players.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Gibson saved one match point with a lob, but missed on a backhand on the second one and Brough won 6-1, 3-6, 9-7.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Every animal is photographed, and everything from mats of fur to overgrown nail clippings are bagged and saved.—
Meg Dunn,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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The veteran has at times performed for the Padres, but his latest clunker — Cortes yielded six runs over 2 1/3 innings — continued an alarming trend for a rotation that has gone nine consecutive games without an outing of more than five innings.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the boy, but couldn't save him; he was pronounced dead at the scene.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The long sordid legal saga came to a somber end in January 2024 when Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed via nitrogen gas in Alabama after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Others incorrectly stated that the killers had executed their plan to perfection.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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The effect was achieved through volume capture technology.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, the company achieved the world’s first test of a megawatt-class, multi-kilovolt hybrid electric propulsion system in altitude conditions simulating single-aisle commercial flight.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Under the expert guidance of chairman Mike Konzen, one of the theme park industry's most skilled managers, PGAV has carried out some of the most momentous theming that the industry has ever seen.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But local leaders had no doubt about the perpetrators, even though the state’s campaign had previously been carried out through public exhortations and directives, not clandestine repaintings.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Brought off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20off. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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