as in fulfilling
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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All of these rely entirely on Starship fulfilling its promise of rapid, low-cost, reusable launch.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026 -
But there is a difference between building a fulfilling career and developing one designed to impress strangers.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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This process flags up under-performing functions from posture and heart health to fat-burning efficiency and cognition levels.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Your own best-performing videos already contain the hooks that work for your audience.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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The consumer goods giant is well on its way to accomplishing that goal, with dozens of projects across 17 countries covering 254,000 hectares as of 2025.—
Mindy Lubber,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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In the e-bike arena, licensing for the drivers should be under the state DMV which has the capability of accomplishing that critical task.—
Michael Miller,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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But a careful reading of the S-1 reveals substantial barriers in the path to achieving the sorcerous performance required to reward shareholders who flock to the most anticipated debut ever seen.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Molina’s Sam is at the center of achieving all of this.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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However, dopamine’s key role isn’t in simply executing movements but rather in linking motivation to action.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Agents executing a search warrant seized the phone and then found a second phone while patting Sprei down, Wang said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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Some of these digital pamphlets provide terse, functional updates while others act as the successors to bygone alt-weeklies, covering cultural happenings and carrying out local-interest investigations.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Another man, Justin Sneed, confessed to physically carrying out the killing but claimed Glossip paid him to do it.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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There does not even seem to be a process for doing so.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The Office lost Steve Carell after season seven and kept going for two more, sustained by an ensemble that had been steadily doing the heavy lifting all along.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
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That’s how long the 35-year-old Yankees ace had to wait before finally making his return from Tommy John surgery on Friday night in the Bronx.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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That program has a six-night, seven-day minimum stay that’s turned a discrete and diverse crowd—the uber-wealthy; the wellness aficionados making a big first splurge; everyone in-between—into dedicated Ranchers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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“Following through (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/following%20through%20%28with%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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