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as in onwards
toward a point ahead in space or time from that day forth we were fast friends

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as in forward
toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time go forth into the world with love and hope

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Recent Examples of forth Now a searing guitar line held forth, but only briefly before giving way to an elegantly swinging piano and sax, as if the song had walked off the street and into a smoky jazz club. Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025 The exes went back and forth over whether Michelle could take their daughter on a trip to visit her dying mother. Judy Berman, Time, 13 Aug. 2025 In one case, an ombudsman spent nearly 10 months going back and forth with a company until the royalty owner got paid. Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025 The semiconductor maker has been in Trump’s crosshairs, who has gone back and forth in his approach to the CEO. Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forth
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  • Several videos on TikTok and other platforms posted the week of Aug. 18 say the program that helps low-income families with rent is changing and could include a two-year cap moving forward.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In 2017, under a GOP majority, the policy was changed so that circuit court nominees no longer require two positive blue slips to move forward.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • Cook had been defiant about continuing onward at the Fed.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Organizations in Japan had been actively courting tourists from the 1920s onward—initially as a boost to the economy, but, after war broke out, as a key propaganda strategy as well.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • The 11 healthy returning forwards from that final lineup are Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell, Brad Marchand, Eetu Luostarinen, A.J. Greer, Jonah Gadjovich and Tomas Nosek.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Following her are forwards Cameron Brink (No. 9) and Rickea Jackson (No. 8) of the Sparks.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Moving along, the court noted that banking information had not been provided for many of the LLCs nor had much accounting information been turned over.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Clean power projects—particularly those that are already well along in their development—can alleviate price pressure on the grid.
    Justin Worland, Time, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forth. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.

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