fulfills

verb

variants or fulfils
present tense third-person singular of fulfill
1
as in satisfies
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 accomplishes
to carry through (as a process) to completion you have fulfilled your duties most admirably

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Recent Examples of fulfills Petite and portable, the South Seas Rattan Side Cart fulfills the desire for a bedside table that’s slightly out of the ordinary. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026 If Young fulfills the Wizards’ expectations, the criticisms of his new contract will begin to fade. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Through this discipline of reduction, the watch fulfills its own promise—perfection through the removal of excess. — Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 As celebrity stylist Ron Jefferies previously told InStyle, a simple cotton top fulfills two packing requirements. — Abby Moore, InStyle, 24 June 2026 Likewise, Svelta considers that the research process fulfills an important function. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 And Azoff fulfills his dream for another destination concert venue. — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 12 June 2026 And if some don’t feel like The Mandalorian fulfills that mission,there’s always Starfighter (also greenlit under Kennedy). — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 The mayor's moves to open city-run grocery stores fulfills a campaign promise. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfills
  1. satisfies
  2. accomplishes
  3. keeps
  4. performs
  5. completes
  6. achieves
  7. meets
  8. executes
Verb
  • What might come as a surprise, though, is the iPhone 17 family already actually satisfies EU rules.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • When the two storylines collide, Nolan stages a clash of A-list titans that throws the director’s usual cerebral machinations aside and instead satisfies his audience with some good old-fashion bloodlust.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of satisfies
Verb
  • But Fortune’s thoughtful little charmer accomplishes the tricky task of dramatizing trauma and healing in terms accessible to all ages.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 July 2026
  • In the end, this revocable trust plus two single-member LLCs structure probably accomplishes no more than to provide a temporary speed bump for creditors.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of accomplishes
Verb
  • For families juggling grocery bills and hectic mornings, that math is the reason Dollar Tree’s protein aisle keeps showing up on shopper roundups and social feeds.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • The room blends Italian comfort with NoDa edge, which gives it a looseness that keeps the food from feeling overly precious.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of keeps
Verb
  • Sherman performs cult-favorite live stand-up shows under the moniker Sarah Squirm and has been with Saturday Night Live for five seasons, beginning in 2021.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 July 2026
  • The company says Inkling doesn't top the benchmarks but performs well across a range of tasks, including reasoning and coding.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • This administrative validation completes the technical-economic review and establishes the regulatory path required for manufacturing and structural deployment in the Far East region.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Odysseus then shed his disguise and completes the challenge easily.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of completes
Verb
  • Iran’s hardline regime achieves a victory of sorts simply by enduring and surviving.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • While the company sells valuable patient monitoring devices and has strong positions inside hospitals, its margins lag what Danaher typically achieves.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • Knowing where a company sits in the AI stack, where agentic meets generative, and how to assess servers versus storage is becoming ever more crucial for tracking the runners and riders in the AI race.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Norway have two players, including Erling Haaland, free at the far post when Ajer meets the ball.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of meets
Verb
  • How a company executes may change over time, but its principles should not.
    — Nadia AlShomali, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Soon after Rhaenyra executes Otto Hightower, who was once mastermind of that family’s schemes, Ormund steps up to be the faction’s new heavy.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
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