ACCOMPLISHES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

accomplishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of accomplish

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 By avoiding a price cut, this option maintains the value of your property and nearby residences but still accomplishes your goal of bringing would-be buyers to your place. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 After all, the brain evidently accomplishes this task far more efficiently than transformers do. — Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 One way Lev accomplishes that in her own home is by utilizing her collections. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026 My amendment accomplishes this goal simply by granting an antitrust exemption so that college athletes and schools can make their own deals, without unelected judges or politicians micromanaging every detail of compensation and eligibility. — Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 No one on the team knows what the data means or what their refining accomplishes. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026 What Changing Schools Fixes Amy Mosset, MPCC, RPC, a counselor and founder of Interactive Counselling, starts with what a move to a new school reliably accomplishes for a kid who is being bullied. — Ash Jurberg, Parents, 13 Sep. 2026 But in following his friend and fellow war journalist, the titular Osama Al-Ashi, over a single year from the birth of his son in mid-2024 to his first birthday, Hassouna accomplishes something not many filmmakers set out to. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026

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The Chair44 discovery, on the other hand, fulfills a decades-long quest to find a strong example.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
My heart is not in it, my kids are my life, my work supports us and fulfills me, along with hobbies.

— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fulfills

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With the season’s final two episodes not provided to critics, there’s no way to say yet whether The Lowdown achieves that mythical outcome of all mystery seasons, the Finale That Pulls It All Together.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The mill achieves this hand feel through fiber selection and construction, rather than applied as a chemical treatment that wears off over time.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieves

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While Motor Decide helps identify the best motor technology pathway, Motor AI performs the detailed motor design work needed to bring those concepts to life, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Narges also performs the majority of her own stunts across the series.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of performs

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TensorFlow Lite, a Google software tool, executes movements, including walking and recovery, using data from the phone’s internal sensors a few times per second.

— muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Teams built one system that both decides what to do and executes it.

— Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of executes

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Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
These days, the interjection does a lot of work online as an all-purpose signifier of derogation.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of does

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But that makes the philanthropic imperative towards the people who live there all the more urgent.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Some trips call for an outfit that feels a little more special than your usual jeans-and-sweater combination, and this matching set makes that easy.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of makes

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Public bathrooms Tourists and locals alike can be more at ease when exploring NYC, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani implements a new program rolling out free modular public bathrooms in high-traffic areas across the city.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Sales Must Consider All Stakeholders This same kind of separation appears in enterprise software, where an executive approves the purchase, an internal team implements it and employees use it every day.

— Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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