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accomplishments

noun

plural of accomplishment

as in successes

a successful result brought about by hard work our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover

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as in executions

the doing of an action your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated

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the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

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Recent Examples of accomplishments It’s often said that great athletes struggle to talk about their sport and their accomplishments. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Sabrina Carpenter will have reason to celebrate her career accomplishments on the Billboard 200 two weeks in a row. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 One of her greatest accomplishments was leading the effort to secure funding and approvals for the construction and launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 But predicting what will be Roman's greatest accomplishments over the course of its five-year-mission is a tricky business. — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Professional accomplishments Kreeger served as a judge in Miami-Dade’s 11th Judicial Circuit Family Division from 1993 through 2019. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 The event with the PGA Tour, set to happen in Austin, Texas, later this year, was one of the signature accomplishments for the growing company. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The Show 26, builds on the accomplishments of its predecessors. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 Avie Lee was also proud of her daughter’s accomplishments and shared some early memories of Dolly in a 1975 Christmas letter to Dolly’s fan club. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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Its celebrity pedigree is astonishing (spokespersons and fans include Jane Fonda, Martha Stewart, Andie MacDowell, Heidi Klum, etc), its offerings are robust, and many, if not most of its products, are five-star successes.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
Launching an insurance company One of his early successes at Thrive came in 2012 when Kushner launched a health insurer called Oscar that sold coverage directly to individuals in the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Beasley is the 16th death row inmate in Florida to have a warrant signed this year after a modern era record 19 executions were conducted by the state last year.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

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But beyond the self-indulgences, realizations about the nature of life and the rules of society emerge.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Commenting on the key insights from the Q2 preliminary update, Mariani noted strong oil and gas price realizations in the quarter.

— TipRanks.com, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of realizations

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If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.

— Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

Definition of fulfillments

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The wreck will also serve as a casual amphitheater for performances and watching the sunset.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The Chiefs’ next two draft selections after Delane — defensive linemen Peter Woods and R Mason Thomas — put together solid performances.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

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