PUTTING THROUGH Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

putting through

verb

present participle of put through

as in fulfilling

to carry through (as a process) to completion the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically

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Recent Examples of putting through After putting through a few revisions, the proposal has reduced the number of schools set to close from 20 to 17. — Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Two separate developers are putting through zoning proposals for more than 300 apartments in Enfield’s Thompsonville section that would be built before its new train station opens in 2029. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026 Thomas is ranked fourth in the field in strokes gained putting through two rounds. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026

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Integrators should also shift conversations beyond fulfilling a scope of work and focus on the business outcomes customers are trying to achieve.

— Dirk Naylor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Janet said her husband was fulfilling a longtime dream when the deadly flood struck.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of fulfilling

Verb

Ternus’s expertise in executing on Apple’s product roadmap and maintaining the company’s high engineering standards signals a commitment to a central pillar of the Apple brand, even as the company seeks to evolve with the times.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
In early 2026, satellite images revealed Akinci drones deployed in southern Egypt for executing strikes against the Rapid Support Forces fighting in the bloody civil war in neighboring Sudan.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of executing

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Andrew Cherng of Panda Restaurant Group and Kitty Lo of Manhattan Hotel Group, both immigrants, exemplify achieving this dream by building extraordinary businesses.

— True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The school was bustling with a large, high-achieving and diverse student body.

— Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of achieving

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By gradually accomplishing a de-facto annexation of the West Bank, the settlements would require Israeli Jews either to rule over a resentful non-Jewish population of about equal size or to surrender the Jewish identity of their state.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The three-time Olympic gold medalist celebrated accomplishing the feat, though there was a small caveat.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of accomplishing

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Mizan said that the verdict accused him of carrying out operations on behalf of Israel, the United States and other groups Iran considers hostile.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The update makes Claude more useful in carrying out work tasks as Anthropic is evolving the assistant into more of an AI workplace agent.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of carrying out

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Subsense, which has raised $27 million in funding, is currently doing preclinical work, experimenting with various elements of the technology and conducting some experiments on mice.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Now, the two men — coach and GM — are in the process of doing exactly as each promised when they were hired.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of doing

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Higher benchmark yields can lift financing costs even for healthy companies, potentially making some factories, data centers, acquisitions and other investments less economically viable.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Luckily, the brand agrees with me because the Gemini Floral Mini Bag, Scarlett Quilted Bag, and Dumpling Suede Croc Bag are all statement-making styles.

— Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026

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