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]
(..) for its own sake is greed, a kind of gluttony, and a misuse of something sacred, which is given to us so that we may choose the one person with whom to fulfill our humanness. Otherwise, we might as well be cattle. Ah! An idealist! But she will be nobody's wife. She'll be ruined. (..)2012 Anna Karenina