With the money she earned in the stock market, she was finally able to 'fulfill' her dreams. [=she was finally able to do the things she had always dreamed of doing]
Their vacation failed to 'fulfill' their expectations. [=their vacation was not as good as they expected it to be]
The committee was disbanded after it had 'fulfilled' its purpose. [=after it had done what it was intended to do]
(..) at the house, but only saw one thing... Allie. He decided right there to fulfill his life-long dream. He would rebuild the old house from the ground up. And when Noah went to Charleston to get the building plans approved, fate stepped in (..)2004 The Notebook