FOLLOWED THROUGH (WITH) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

followed through (with)

verb

past tense of follow through (with)

as in fulfilled

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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The gig fulfilled a longtime dream for Letterman, according to a Vulture interview with My Next Guest Needs No Introduction showrunner Isabel Richardson and Gilded Age executive producer Kate Churchill.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
Orders reflect current demand, while sales represent past demand that's been fulfilled — and investors are always looking toward the future.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of fulfilled

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Chazi Rutz, a professional skydiver from Arizona, told The Times that the two skydivers were part of a group training to set a California record for largest formation in the upright orientation performed by women.

— Iris Kwok Follow Nov. 6, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
The 2012 edition showed us there was genuine appetite for Dracula in audio, and that the epistolary structure of letters and diary entries actually works beautifully when performed by multiple voices.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of performed

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For progressives, deterrence can be more readily accomplished than centrists believe, both because the United States’ existing military power is sufficient and because China is not an aggressive revisionist power like Russia.

— THOMAS WRIGHT, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
The ascent to the top was complete at the end of March Madness in 2023 and since then, Hurley has accomplished something much harder, and rarer.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of accomplished

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Vella and DeTore already achieved perfect synthesis of psychedelia and death-doom on Song of Salvation.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
Investing involves market risk, including possible loss of principal, and there is no guarantee that investment objectives will be achieved.

— Adam Frank, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of achieved

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No one has been executed in the state since 2006 and California has the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, the first double execution by a single state in nearly a decade.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of executed

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The administration did not specify in the October court records when the deportations would be carried out.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
Photographs by Kenji Chiga for The New Yorker In 1945, toward the end of the Second World War, firebombings carried out by American B-29 Superfortress planes killed about a hundred thousand people in Tokyo.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of carried out

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In her remarks, Wintour made the evening’s only direct reference to the midterms, reminiscing about attending a fundraising event for James Talarico, who successfully flipped Texas in the race for the Senate last night, alongside Burch.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Black asserts that the statements made by Garcia are false and that traveling to appear on national television to make such statements about the inquiry into Epstein’s crimes goes beyond the purview of a member of Congress.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026

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