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or fulfils
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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
Alcohol even today fulfills an important function to provide what some people describe as social fitness.
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Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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Coming to a team with championship aspirations — and a previous lack of any Japanese presence — fulfills Imai’s expectations.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
This shift from safe storage to proactive stewardship fulfills specific mission needs across the Department of Energy complex.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
The milestone also fulfills part of a long-standing consent decree known as the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA) and includes The Washington State Department of Ecology, the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
This portion of the design finally fulfills a condition of the city’s Syringa Valley Specific Plan, the guiding document behind the 2,000 unit Locale subdivision, now almost a decade into construction.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
The move fulfills Charlie Kirk’s reported wishes that his wife assume control of the organization in the event of his death.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fulfills
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Jeep satisfies your typical consumer who is looking for a usable SUV with a decent price point.—
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Readers looking for a fresh experience in the new year are likely to find at least something that satisfies their cravings.—
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Shining a laser through a person’s head seems like the first step towards technology that accomplishes both.—
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While this accomplishes the goal of giving bettors a desirable user experience, the barriers to entry to become an oddsmaker seem to contradict an insistence that prediction markets are open, peer-to-peer and not gambling.—
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Utopia Bedding Quilted Comforter This Utopia Bedding comforter keeps my bed looking super fluffy and cloud-like and gives my bedroom an expensive look.—
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Leave it to one of the best luggage brands to come out with a revolutionary zipper that is three times stronger than a traditional zipper, as well as an anti-microbial lining that keeps odor-causing bacteria from thriving.—
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
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Mindy performs in this scene wearing a pair of Jimmy Choo’s Sacaria platform sandals.—
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Even the weak 2025 figures are likely to be revised lower in February, when the government completes an annual benchmarking of the jobs figures to an actual count of jobs derived from companies’ unemployment insurance filings.—
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This completes one repetition, or rep, of the movement.—
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The fiber’s irregular length distribution—with 50 percent at 28 millimeters and 50 percent in the 10 to 20 millimeter range—delivers a textured, semi-dull and opaque aesthetic that achieves a genuine, vintage washdown performance.—
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The 2026 Sequoia achieves 22 miles per gallon combined, up eight miles per gallon from the second-gen model's measly 14 miles per gallon combined.—
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Meanwhile, Netflix’s Tudum site described Gage’s character, Buck, as a wild child who meets Poppy and Alex during a camping trip.—
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Timeless Southern hospitality meets sartorial sophistication at this chic Buckhead hotel.—
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The firm also named it one of its top picks for 2026 as the company executes its turnaround.—
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At its core, a processor is a computing engine that executes instructions to complete tasks.—
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“Fulfills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulfills. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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