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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Playing in college will fulfill a longtime dream for Waldusky.—
Sam Brief,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Any individuals who do fulfill those three traits are then assessed by a list of factors, including self-admission, criminal conduct and communications.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
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But other departments at these hospitals tend to perform poorly, which drags down financial results for the entire organization, Kaufman said.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Reba came to perform and took the entire house with her… quite effortlessly.—
Mark Maglio,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2025
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After years of litigation, the state executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, opening the door for Bixby's execution.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The startup said the tool can interpret what’s on a computer screen, select buttons, enter text, navigate websites and execute tasks through any software and real-time internet browsing.—
Annie Palmer,Hayden Field,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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Beyond its commercial success, the production has generated substantial cultural impact, sparking over 3.8 million social media mentions in the first quarter of 2025 and achieving an 84% Net Sentiment Rate – the highest in its category.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, his words were meaningful because Tiger knows how hard the now 5-time major winner has worked to achieve this goal.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The investment bank Goldman Sachs says the U.S. recession is close to 50-50 odds, assuming Trump won't go through with his plan for the biggest tariffs to go into effect on Wednesday.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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This is because a backlog develops with lenders going through the process of liquidating collateral while the bankruptcy courts will face a similar backlog in the liquidation of debtors’ estates.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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People who were eligible to receive the payment did so automatically, and didn't need to do anything.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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This young, attractive cabal that all seem so out of place in a show that normally does a really good job at making survivors look like survivors, not the cast of a CW show.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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People are paying good money for health care and being put through this.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2025
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And, the society states in the letter, 75% of petit larceny suspects were put through the system in the first two months of 2025, compared to just 45% on average in 2021.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Companies such as Apple, which carries out 90 percent of its iPhone manufacturing in China, are set to benefit from the exemptions.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ukraine said this week that Russian troops were already carrying out a new offensive.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Follow through (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follow%20through%20%28with%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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