accomplish
verb (used with object)
to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish.
is accomplishing
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present progressiveof accomplish (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Schools and districts need a standard for judging any discipline policy—one that asks what the misbehavior is accomplishing for the child, and whether the school’s response changes it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
I spoke with esteemed sleep researchers and medical professionals to learn how in the world it’s even possible that Trump is accomplishing this feat of public napping.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024
"This is accomplishing something that I have been dreaming of my whole life," Wembanyama told ESPN.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
The district is accomplishing this by eliminating two required days that teachers formerly had to work when no students were on campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
I know no single agency which is accomplishing so much in the task of uplifting the race as the Negro pulpit.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp
