variants
or fulfilments
1
as in executions
the doing of an action
her commendably prompt fulfillment of any assignment given her
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2
as in accomplishments
the state of being actual or complete
he saw the entire project through, from initial idea to final fulfillment
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Recent Examples of fulfillments
Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfillments
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The Kaisariani executions of 200 communist political prisoners were one of the worst atrocities during the Third Reich’s occupation of Greece and remain a seminal moment for the country.—
Elena Becatoros,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Saudi Arabia Amnesty International Report for 2024-25 highlights ongoing executions, possible migrant forced labour and violations of fair trial and due process rights, as well as a lack of freedom of expression.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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What the 6-foot-10 Okafor did on the basketball court after arriving from Houston in 2001 speaks for itself, and let’s allow some of those accomplishments to repeat themselves for a moment.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
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The accomplishments of the civil-rights movement in the nineteen-fifties and sixties and of the Sanctuary Movement in the eighties depended, in part, on the infrastructure, moral clarity, and greater purpose of the church.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This lunation could trigger feelings of exhaustion or bring messages through vivid dreams and sudden realizations.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Things may shift quickly, especially as this eclipse squares Uranus, bringing sudden realizations or changes.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Traditional Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) addresses this, but standard implementations require the user to verify that the hardware functions exactly as specified by the manufacturer.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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In addition to poor implementations of AI creating new problems rather than solutions to old problems, AI can also create new risks.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Created in 2016, the annual American Black Film Festival Honors is a gala event that pays tribute to the outstanding achievements in film and television from Black artists and creatives.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The council will also hear a presentation about achievements at Kansas State University’s Olathe campus.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026
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The lively City Hall gala was Boston’s third official celebration since the city formally recognized the day as a holiday in 2023, and attendees marked the occasion with a range of artistic showcases and performances.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Once, the All-Star Game was competitive from start to finish, with memorable performances by players who actually cared about winning.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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One of our best successes has been building an agentic team called the Marketing Studio to roll out in product campaigns end to end.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But looking back, that was the high-water mark for Ukraine’s successes on the battlefield.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fulfillments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulfillments. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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