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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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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
The Los Angeles Dodgers fulfilled their promise to donate $1 million to families affected by the immigration enforcement operations in 2025.
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Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
For the prophecy to truly be fulfilled, Role Model will have to do a music video with Alex Cooper.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
Lawyers for the sheriff’s office are preparing to argue that the law enforcement agency has fulfilled all of the settlement’s requirements on racial profiling and should be released from the settlement.
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Rafael Carranza,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
The commission just fulfilled one of its primary duties, forwarding to Mayor Barbara Lee a shortlist of finalists to be considered for the job of the Oakland Police Department’s next permanent chief.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
For the prophecy to truly be fulfilled, Role Model will have to do a music video with Alex Cooper.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 June 2026
Lawyers for the sheriff’s office are preparing to argue that the law enforcement agency has fulfilled all of the settlement’s requirements on racial profiling and should be released from the settlement.
—
Rafael Carranza,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
The commission just fulfilled one of its primary duties, forwarding to Mayor Barbara Lee a shortlist of finalists to be considered for the job of the Oakland Police Department’s next permanent chief.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfilled
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Doubts about his age have emerged from time to time and, while official documents have verified his date of birth and satisfied Indian cricket’s governing body, the sceptics will not always be satisfied.
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After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
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By her late teens, the kid from New Brunswick, New Jersey, had already accomplished more than most do in a lifetime.
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Matt and Christie Wylie have never stopped marveling at what their daughter accomplished.
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Post-production on the series, a collaboration between Blackstone Publishing and Otherworld Media, which is behind the cinematic sound design for the audio play, was completed in January 2026.
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Next to the pitch were tents artificially heated to a minimum of 95 degrees Fahrenheit, where players completed fitness tests on exercise bikes while staff measured their performance.
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Privacy throughout the complex is achieved by the construction techniques the builder used to reduce noise transmission between floors and units.
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Utah, Colorado and other Western states have been subjected to large-scale weekend wildfires, including the 93,607-acre Cottonwood Fire, where 1,200 firefighters and support personnel had achieved zero containment by late Sunday afternoon, according to a joint command update.
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The Cubs kept the game plan fairly simple for Peterson in his debut following a whirlwind couple of days after learning he had been traded Wednesday evening.
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All calls will be kept confidential.
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Among the hundreds of surgeries performed over three decades by ElAttrache, his patients include the four 2024 MLB most valuable player and Cy Young Award winners — Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal.
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The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery reports that the average number of hair restoration surgeries performed per member in the past year is 178.
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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Her post and subsequent comment were met by a flood of support from fans and commenters.
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Invoices are processed through email and digital systems, and payments are executed across interconnected platforms.
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According to the Pasadena Police Department, a search warrant was executed on what appeared to be a marijuana dispensary at 6316 Whittier Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles, where fireworks allegedly intended for distribution were found.
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“Fulfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulfilled. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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