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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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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
Natural gas fulfills much of this need, while coal is dirtier, expensive, and increasingly irrelevant for electricity production.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The community's willingness to proactively strengthen its economic foundations today will determine whether crypto fulfills its promise as robust, trusted global infrastructure, or succumbs when faced with inevitable systemic stress.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
There is something about doing this all by myself that fulfills and satisfies a very special need.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
If a domestic worker applies and fulfills the basic qualifications, they must be hired, Mouzin said.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2025
Other than being a mother, she's said writing what fulfills her the most.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Hulu 'My Oxford Year' Anna (Sofia Carson) is a New Yorker who fulfills her life's dream of going to Oxford University to study poetry.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Wayans fulfils the role of Isaiah White, Cade’s lifelong hero.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Tax returns Let’s start with the tax return, a near-universal document that fulfills our annual duty to Uncle Sam.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The community's willingness to proactively strengthen its economic foundations today will determine whether crypto fulfills its promise as robust, trusted global infrastructure, or succumbs when faced with inevitable systemic stress.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
There is something about doing this all by myself that fulfills and satisfies a very special need.
—Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
If a domestic worker applies and fulfills the basic qualifications, they must be hired, Mouzin said.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2025
Other than being a mother, she's said writing what fulfills her the most.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Hulu 'My Oxford Year' Anna (Sofia Carson) is a New Yorker who fulfills her life's dream of going to Oxford University to study poetry.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Wayans fulfils the role of Isaiah White, Cade’s lifelong hero.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Tax returns Let’s start with the tax return, a near-universal document that fulfills our annual duty to Uncle Sam.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfills
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In an era where greenwashing is easily exposed and surface-level philanthropy no longer satisfies stakeholders, the search for meaningful CSR programs is more urgent than ever.—
Sivan Yaari,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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More files are due to be released as the DOJ satisfies a subpoena deadline of September 8.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Most of all, AI makers that adopt an AI-to-AI tag team as a safeguard should be mindfully cautious about touting what this functionality accomplishes.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Good morning from Minneapolis, Virtually every team that accomplishes something special needs a few guys to surprise.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Bathsheba successfully forces one woman to kill her child but meets her match in the one-two punch of Lili Taylor and Farmiga.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Projections show a 'dire' future for the river Worst-case hydrology could also reduce the river's flows to a point where the water received by Lower Basin states and Mexico no longer meets the amount required by a century-old compact governing water use on the river.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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That’s a tough dichotomy to bridge, but the new 2025 911 Carrera GTS achieves it brilliantly.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Critically, this approach achieves the required resolution without the enormous deployment complexity of a 20-meter circular primary or the operational overhead of a starshade.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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This prevents it from forming and keeps the ice cream ready for your next scoop.—
Tammy Algood,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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With its kaleidoscopic cover and irresistible tunes, the latest release from the king of avant-garde pop keeps the party going.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Hagle said the party that is not in the White House typically performs better in the midterms but noted that Democrats have also been seeing lackluster polling numbers.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Non-yielding gold typically performs well in a low-interest-rate environment.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Egyptian government considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, but the United States does not.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Fulfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulfills. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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