as in away
from this or that place ferries carrying passengers to and fro

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Recent Examples of fro What is Rassi on the lookout when shopping for new pieces to rock while working fro home? Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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Adverb
  • When pressed over the national security concerns about ByteDance, Trump shied away from saying for sure if a divestiture deal would be hammered out.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
  • In October, 1985, Lammy watched the TV coverage of a riot that broke out on the Broadwater Farm Estate, a social-housing project two streets away from his house, when a Black woman died of heart failure after her apartment was searched by the police.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • There were just $30 billion in deals last year, according to Leerink, down from a peak of $219 billion in 2019.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Support for a TikTok ban has steadily declined, as Pew notes the 32% now backing a TikTok ban is down from 50% who supported it in March 2023 and 38% in fall 2023.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Certainly, Joe Biden has been out there trying to define his own legacy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Rookie Devin Carter is out with right wrist soreness.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fro. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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