as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
you said you would put all of the files in order, but you didn't follow through with it
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Wrestling in the state meet for the first time will fulfill a longtime dream for Kenney (35-7).—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025 -
Obermann is set to fulfill a role at another, undisclosed music company following his departure in March.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Bloomberg notes how during previous demonstrations, Apple has showed Siri being able to perform personal assistant-style tasks such as quickly locating a user's flight and lunch reservation plans by accessing the iPhone's email and message history.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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Tests performed during the day confirmed the respiratory tract infection.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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His role was to judge who had executed the best guest bedroom makeover — Christina and her design team or her competition: her first ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, 37.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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This results in a situation where all the major decisions and ideas come directly from the leader, and the team is there just to execute the executive’s orders.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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While the need is dire, going vintage can achieve a brighter future.—
Grace Butler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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China is targeting landing a pair of astronauts on the moon before 2030 and is already making progress on the various pieces of hardware needed to emulate a feat so far only achieved by the United States, such as the crew spacecraft, lander and a new launch vehicle.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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And Answers For Tuesday, February 18 Delta Flight Crashes In Toronto: 18 Passengers Injured, No Fatalities As Cause Of Incident Is Under Investigation Macfarlane Group has also gone through a successful turnaround and growth strategy under CEO Peter Atkinson.—
Jacob Wolinsky,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Backblaze goes through massive amounts of hard drives backing up customers' data, and its report is worth reading.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
18 Feb. 2025
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But descendants felt the admission was a first step; now, what would the Jesuits do about it?—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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What is clear is that the offseason is now over, spring training is underway and the Yankees have done nothing to replace Torres.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Others, like the pilot for Firefly, are put through the ringer.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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First to use the charger was a Subaru Solterra that was later put through its paces across the rugged St Helena landscape.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Pope jabs Vance, criticizes Trump admin for mass deportations Pope Francis denounced the Trump administration's plan to carry out mass deportations of migrants in a letter to U.S. bishops Tuesday, while appearing to take a direct jab at Vice President JD Vance.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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While large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans agree that the immigration system is broken, as indicated in a recent New York Times/Ipsos poll, Americans disagree on how policies such as deportations should be carried out and on the level of assistance for migrants.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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