fulfilled

verb

Definition of fulfillednext
past tense of fulfill
1
as in satisfied
to do what is required by the terms of the football player must remain with the team one more year to fulfill his contract

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2
as in accomplished
to carry through (as a process) to completion you have fulfilled your duties most admirably

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Recent Examples of fulfilled Now, over a year after the film’s premiere, the demand for merchandise is finally being fulfilled with the pending release of dolls of singers/demon hunters Rumi, Mira and Zoey from Mattel, role-playing toys from Hasbro and Funko Pops! — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Already on a yellow card, Fernandez fulfilled that brief with his wild tackle on Pau Cubarsi. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 July 2026 The last time Israel’s government fulfilled a full term without breaking for early elections was in 1988. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 If the success of Sleeping Dogs piqued an interest in his talent, this is the drama that really fulfilled his potential almost immediately. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 2026 This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 July 2026 But the request wasn’t fulfilled until nearly three months later, on Friday, July 10, after the Observer’s attorney, Benjamin Leighton, reached out to CATS. — Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026 Launched in 2023, Euclid has fulfilled its promise in its mission to discover early quasars, with this hitherto unprecedented haul of 31 of these black hole engines. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 July 2026 Farage was leader of the UK Independence Party but resigned after the Brexit result, saying his political ambitions had been fulfilled. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfilled
  1. satisfied
  2. accomplished
  3. completed
  4. achieved
  5. kept
  6. performed
  7. met
  8. executed
Verb
  • Kuwait is known to be overwhelmingly dependent on desalination for drinking water, with almost 90% of the arid nation’s water demand satisfied through seawater desalination plants.
    — Michael Wayland,Azhar Sukri,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 18 July 2026
  • The bánh cuốn đặc biệt — a combination plate with plain steamed rice sheets, sheets stuffed with ground pork and mushroom and pieces filled with shrimp — satisfied my internet FOMO cravings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of satisfied
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  • Alignment Alignment connects the organization’s strategy to how the team is structured, how responsibilities are distributed and how work gets accomplished.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The 39-year-old entered the tournament chasing back-to-back World Cup titles with Argentina, something no country has accomplished on the men’s side since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.
    — Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • His company submitted invoices that inflated the value of work done and billed for projects that were never completed, according to the indictments.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The study projected that, if the recommendations were implemented, they could be completed by 2020.
    — Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of completed
Verb
  • Should the feats achieved in these types of matches count just as much as the ones where everything is on the line?
    — Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Sing, muse, of the cunning Christopher Nolan, who has once again achieved the impossible.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • Lending institutions including those providing home mortgages and car loans should require that all student debt payments be kept current as a condition to borrowers incurring even more debt.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The All Blacks kept possession, moved the ball toward space and Patrick Tuipulotu scored to mark his first test of the season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of kept
Verb
  • The state medical examiner’s office performed an autopsy on July 7 and has been waiting for results from toxicology tests, Lynd said.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, IShowSpeed, and Robbie Williams also performed, and Tom Cruise made a special appearance.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
Definition of performed
Verb
  • The extradition process requires a hearing before a US judge to determine whether the treaty’s requirements are met, but the final decision is made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who retains discretion to deny extradition.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • The two women met at UnlikelyAI, the startup founded by William Tunstall-Pedoe, who played a leading role in the development of Amazon Alexa, but were keen to launch their own venture and took inspiration from their families’ experience.
    — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of met
Verb
  • Duckett, a former Mascotte police officer convicted of the 1987 death of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee, is to be executed at noon on that date.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
  • The award is being executed in partnership with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and is intended to speed the transition of the company’s technology from development into operational use.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of executed

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