How to Use go forward in a Sentence

go forward

idiom
  • For a while, though, Rachel and Alvy can’t agree on how to go forward.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The judge found that the plaintiffs argued this well enough for the case to go forward.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Shah said large projects like this go forward step by step.
    Scott Sonner, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Still, the bill needs to wind through and pass Congress before any plans can go forward.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Biden has no excuse for letting this project go forward in any form.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Wiest approached her about eight years ago, and it’s taken this long to decide whether and how to go forward.
    Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Munk and others hope that a plan to restore more acres in the bay to wetlands and marsh will go forward, increasing the size of the parcel to more than 200 acres.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Director of Finance Lisa Hancock said that a grant for that has been put on hold, so the town hasn’t been able to go forward with that process.
    Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But a federal appeals court allowed the case to go forward.
    CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Andrusiak was called up to fill in for Alscher’s absence and the need for Mori to go forward to cover the injuries there.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The bidding process will go forward without Reynolds and the deadline for the submission of final offers is still May 15.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
  • In the end, the advisors voted to let the applications for the older adult vaccines go forward.
    Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Sixteen of the 23 grand jurors must be present to conduct any business (and a majority must vote to indict for the case to go forward).
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Earlier this year, a judge said the plaintiffs argued this point sufficiently enough for the case to go forward and be settled in court.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 6 May 2023
  • And to have that action somehow be reviewed, try to be reviewed on the federal side, and have some impact, therefore, on whether the state court could go forward.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • That step would kick off a 60-day period culminating in a land swap allowing the project to go forward.
    Anita Snow, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But no deals were struck, and the development of the luxury community was set to go forward.
    Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
  • Feel free to go forward with their recs, make your own substitutions/alterations each week, or just go fully a la carte.
    Neha Tandon, Women's Health, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Because an agreement has been reached, the trial will not go forward, sparing Fox more spectacle.
    Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Lee also said the state would not go forward with the five remaining executions scheduled for 2022.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2023
  • We've both been emotionally pretty beaten up that year and didn't know how to go forward in our lives within ourselves.
    David Chiu, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • But Dominion and Fox are still awaiting a summary judgment ruling from the judge that could favor one side, or go forward with the trial.
    Sarah Fitzpatrick, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Big Ten is expected to go forward without divisions starting in 2024.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Panopoulos said a committee of school officials would be meeting to assess the situation and find ways to go forward.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The source familiar with the matter said tonight that Elzufon's investigation will not go forward.
    NBC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • All who assembled for the late February meeting were in agreement, with Axelrod making the final call: Cooney’s plan would not go forward.
    Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
  • Thoroughbred racing will go forward Saturday at Laurel Park despite the steady rain that pounded the track all day Friday and wiped out training.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Those plans will go forward as planned; Dea will be inducted by Copperfield in a presentation before the full program.
    Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In 2021 the Biden administration defended a Trump-era decision to allow the Willow project to go forward.
    Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Tuberville has countered that the confirmation process can go forward on a one-by-one basis – which critics have responded is unnecessary and time consuming.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 14 July 2023

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