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
  • But that wasn’t the message that anti-vaccine activists took away.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
  • Even though these spaces feel invincible in the moment, they’re so easily taken away or criminalized.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2025
Adverb
  • To this day, no other team in finals history has gone down 3-0 to force a Game 7.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • After going down 3-1 in the bottom of the second, Lindor hit the first of the trio of third-inning homers, with Nimmo and Soto following suit to put the Mets back on top, 4-3.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
Adverb
  • The science is actually decent on this, but subjectively, the jury is still out.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 24 June 2025
  • Straight Line Was a Lie is out August 29 via Anti-, marking their debut on the label.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 June 2025

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

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