as in fulfills
to carry through (as a process) to completion
you've accomplished your assigned task with your usual efficiency
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Recent Examples of accomplishes
Effective collaboration has always been essential for creating an efficient team that actually accomplishes its goals.
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Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The body accomplishes this by tightening the blood vessels (vasoconstriction), moving platelets to the injury site (platelet aggregation), and forming fibrin—a protein that helps blood clot.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
With Klara, Ishiguro accomplishes the unusual — writing an AI who doesn’t mimic human thinking or worldviews for reader comfort.
—Erika Swyler, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Funders want to know what their money accomplishes.
—Travis Diehl, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
No Other Land No Other Land, the documentary by a collective of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, accomplishes something exceedingly rare – allowing viewers everywhere to experience what life is like for Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Below, in a chat with THR, Birmingham expands on that pitch, while also explaining how Sheridan accomplishes such authenticity in his Native storytelling and why the death of John Dutton (Kevin Costner‘s character) had to happen in order to arrive at this full-circle ending.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Acquiring the veteran accomplishes two goals the Yankees set out for themselves after missing out on Soto — get better defensively and more athletic.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
The other big question is whether a good, hard warm-up accomplishes the same thing.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The body accomplishes this by tightening the blood vessels (vasoconstriction), moving platelets to the injury site (platelet aggregation), and forming fibrin—a protein that helps blood clot.
—Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2025
With Klara, Ishiguro accomplishes the unusual — writing an AI who doesn’t mimic human thinking or worldviews for reader comfort.
—Erika Swyler, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Funders want to know what their money accomplishes.
—Travis Diehl, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
No Other Land No Other Land, the documentary by a collective of Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, accomplishes something exceedingly rare – allowing viewers everywhere to experience what life is like for Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Below, in a chat with THR, Birmingham expands on that pitch, while also explaining how Sheridan accomplishes such authenticity in his Native storytelling and why the death of John Dutton (Kevin Costner‘s character) had to happen in order to arrive at this full-circle ending.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Acquiring the veteran accomplishes two goals the Yankees set out for themselves after missing out on Soto — get better defensively and more athletic.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
The other big question is whether a good, hard warm-up accomplishes the same thing.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishes
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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
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Powell notes that Amazon’s vast selection of products across categories, from musical instruments to educational materials and tech, fulfills a wide range of needs for classrooms.—
Lesley O'Toole,
Variety,
18 Dec. 2024
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Everyone in digital marketing should know that KPIs are measurable values demonstrating how effectively a company achieves key business objectives.—
Frank Rojas,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The robot achieves these speeds by flapping the fins up to ten times faster than real fish.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2025
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The video shows soldiers shooting, apparently randomly, while another performs the customary reading of the Book of Esther.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually, with 97% of establishments passing, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Occasionally, a lone genius comes up with a brilliant idea, and everyone else simply executes it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2025
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The command-and-control model of management, once seen as a necessary discipline, loses relevance in environments where AI autonomously executes operational mandates.—
Steven Kawasumi,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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What does ‘no fault or negligence’ actually mean?—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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What law enforcement does, the overdose epidemic marches on, with New Yorkers dying preventable deaths out of a combination of social factors, the tainting of the drug supply with potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl, and what has often been a lack of available treatment and support.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Asked what makes Fabregas different from Xavi and others in the Barcelona coaching tree, Sergi Roberto points to the amount of detail in scouting opponents.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Many of the T-shirts Padres players wear before games with funny illustrations and/or phrases are sent to them by a company that makes them after something a player or manager says catches on among fans.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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