pulls through

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull through
1
as in comes around

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2
as in holds out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls through
  1. comes around
  2. holds out
  3. comes to
  4. holds on
  5. sticks out
  6. continues
  7. exists
Verb
  • The practical point is that an assumption behind a decision can change outside your organization, sometimes before your own approval cycle comes around again.
    — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • News of the streaming rights comes around a month after Microsoft announced some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of comes around
Verb
  • Forty-eight years after an Atlanta baby boy was taken from his home, his mother still holds out hope that one day they'll be reunited.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • By Sophie Neiman, Contributor At a foreign exchange stall in a bustling marketplace here in Somaliland’s capital city, Abiquatar Farah proudly holds out a red banknote.
    — Mahbub Abdillahi, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of holds out
Verb
  • An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.
    — Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Lucky Brand x Madhappy collection comes to life in a campaign shot in California by photographer Gillian Garcia.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of comes to
Verb
  • The compilation misses remaining in the highest tier by only two rungs, while The Essential Michael Jackson barely holds on inside the bottom quarter of the 200-position roster.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • House Bill 945 establishes new regulations for cryptocurrency kiosks and allows financial institutions to place temporary holds on transactions when elder financial exploitation is suspected.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of holds on
Verb
  • Downey vogues as the pair walks in the video, while Pascal sticks out his tongue and laughs.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sticks out
Verb
  • Ottawa continues to defend well, allowing the eighth-fewest goals at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As the counting of ballots continues, voting rights advocates are now looking ahead to any potential controversies over close races and the certification of results.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of continues
Verb
  • But despite outside observers’ perpetual position of surprise that anything at all exists beyond the theme parks, the people who live here — and their newspaper of 150 years — know the truth.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Only limited data exists about vitamin K drops, and much of it is from Europe, where the drops are more common.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026
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