as in to fulfil
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 house not only supplied the actresses with clothes, jewelry, accessories and makeup, but also provided a portion of the budget to allow director Olivier Assayas to fulfill his dream of shooting the movie on 35-mm film instead of digitally.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025 -
But the recent tariff cut has given them a chance to ramp up shipments from China and restock their warehouses and fulfill existing orders, supply chain experts say.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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This has forced the library system to pay a contractor $1,500 per month to power-wash the area outside the branch twice a week during the morning hours after previously relying on in-house personnel to perform the task.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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What companies will actually perform the work to mine the seafloor?—
Victor Vescovo,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Yet, there’s no point in thinking about Indiana if the Knicks aren’t going to execute the basics against the defending champions.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Action: Recommending or autonomously executing optimal decisions based on those insights Think of intelligence as foresight, like knowing product demand will spike next week.—
Keith Moore,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The hands-on classes at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona represented the first step toward achieving that dream.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Today, emergency rooms nationwide rely on ambulances staffed by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (those who have achieved the highest level of EMT training) to keep patients alive en route to hospitals.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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She had been shot in the head from behind, and the bullet went through the headrest of the driver’s seat and no cash was found at the scene, Ryan said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The project then went through multiple city design reviews starting in early August, which were not completed until early January 2025.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The characters are too one-dimensional to care about — though we’re sporadically asked to do just that — yet at the same time their cartoonishness isn’t treated with enough gusto to actually be fun.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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But then, proving the impossible possible is what these films have done from the start.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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But seed oils are put through a process where they are pressed, bleached, heated, processed with solvents and highly refined, which can strip them of their nutritional value.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Over the six seasons, Brewer’s Janine has been put through the wringer by the oppressive society.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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The Trump administration is carrying out a hard-line immigration policy to remove millions of undocumented immigrants.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Subcommittee members are expected to explore how sanctuary policies, local non-cooperation, and political activism may be interfering with the agency’s ability to carry out its mission.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
19 May 2025
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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 27 May. 2025.
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