as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
you said you would put all of the files in order, but you didn't follow through with it
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Established in 2020, to be eligible for a best picture nomination a film must fulfill diversity criteria that includes a combination of casting, subject matter, leadership and departments heads, crew, apprenticeships and/or audience development.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
13 May 2026 -
Researchers at Colliers said this shift is driven by the fact that one in four online orders is now fulfilled directly through a physical store.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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To put it mildly, Bain didn’t perform like a rookie.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Post-cycling analysis to evaluate condition The researchers also performed post-cycling analysis after 50 cycles, using scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to evaluate the condition of the electrodes.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Chiefs-Broncos fan sniping One thing the announcement of the opener being at Arrowhead Stadium accomplished was fueling the Chiefs-Broncos rivalry online.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Their huge mandate makes the party’s bleak local election results and a series of scandals appear that much worse, as some lawmakers within the party are expressing frustrations that Labour should be accomplishing more.—
Isa Soares,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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The telling is harrowing, but also humorous at times, and achieves an emotional register that had me, essentially, transfixed.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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If Pan American Airways represented, at its height, victory and suavity, the country achieving a kind of European state of grace, then Spirit was the exact opposite—synonymous with the rowdy and the rude at the heart of the American character.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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In the end, Erik Heil and the Germans closed to within a boat length at the final turning mark, and Botin was forced to execute a high-pressure tack to stay ahead and claim second.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Wide-ranging and unpredictable symptoms can disrupt a menopausal woman’s ability to concentrate and execute tasks at work.—
Shirley Velasquez,
Flow Space,
11 May 2026
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Should Congress do more to hold the president accountable?—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Wins and losses in this league for starters are highly dependent on a lot of other guys doing their jobs as well.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The rehearsal augurs Starship’s coming test flight—its 12th—which will mark the first time the latest version of vehicle is put through its paces.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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An 88th-minute winner from Haris Tabakovic ensured Gladbach’s survival, after the Bosnian was put through on goal by Rocco Reitz.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
3 May 2026
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The procedure was carried out at Rush University Medical Center, marking another step in testing the scalability of the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP) system.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The warnings came despite a ceasefire that has been nominally in place since April 17, although Israel and Hezbollah have been carrying out daily attacks since then.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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“Follow through (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follow%20through%20%28with%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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