as in realization
the state of being actual or complete
when she landed the lead in a Broadway play, a lifelong dream was brought to fruition
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Recent Examples of fruition
A number of efforts to revive the space have come forward, but none have come to fruition.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Even after taking a game-high 25-point lead following a Doncic and-1 dunk that put him at 48 points after making his free throw, Redick kept Doncic in the game with the hopes of Doncic recording a 50-point game that didn’t come to fruition.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Whether the hiring projections come to fruition or not, Morgan Stanley estimates that cost savings from the automation ambitions could result in between $2 billion and $4 billion in cost savings if 40 delivery fulfillment centers were equipped with next-gen robotics by the end of 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
However, these systems are still several years from fruition.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Even after taking a game-high 25-point lead following a Doncic and-1 dunk that put him at 48 points after making his free throw, Redick kept Doncic in the game with the hopes of Doncic recording a 50-point game that didn’t come to fruition.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Whether the hiring projections come to fruition or not, Morgan Stanley estimates that cost savings from the automation ambitions could result in between $2 billion and $4 billion in cost savings if 40 delivery fulfillment centers were equipped with next-gen robotics by the end of 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
However, these systems are still several years from fruition.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruition
Noun
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Galileo’s great realization, encapsulated in the principle of relativity, is that there would be no detectable difference at all.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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For Courtney, the realization came after winning a prestigious business award following years of rapid growth and millions in revenue.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Or do other accomplishments, not to mention more intangible things, fill the void?—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Women are taught to keep our accomplishments close.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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But when that third victory comes in Game 7, after a start and a win the night before, the achievement echoes through the hallowed corridors of Cooperstown.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sauer’s greatest achievement, though, may have been in Brazilian emeralds.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
2 Nov. 2025
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Starbucks’ success was forged on the back of a growing demand for Western luxuries, as well as a strategy of adapting p roducts for the market –– to appeal to customers beyond China’s top-tier cities.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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And so getting another player who can get pressure on the quarterback in key situations, those guys are always going to be paramount to our success.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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But despite the production’s accomplished period physical trappings, there’s an air of very 21st-century thinking here — particularly in depictions of gender-blur and adult same-sex love within the Arab world — that feels more like wish-fulfillment than the film is prepared to acknowledge.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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These are warehouses located near major ports designed to minimize ground transportation expenses and streamline the flow of goods into its wider fulfillment network.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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