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as in along
toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time
work on the project has been continuing onward at a steady pace
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Her work reminds us that the materials and techniques employed by kinetic and program-oriented artists from the ’60s onward—mostly men—could be directed toward dramatically different ends.
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Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Now 28 years old, Dickinson joins an emerging generation of British filmmakers who came of age against the U.K. government’s punishing austerity program of the 2010s onward, with its accompanying reduction in welfare and social services, and aren’t inclined toward a forgiving view.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Framed by the story of a Palestinian teenager at a West Bank protest who experiences violence that rocks his family and leads to his mother recounting the familial threads — all the way back to the 1948 Nakba and onward toward the present day — that brought her son to that fateful event.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Much of the longevity increases for men in those states happened before 1950, with little improvement from then onward, Holford said.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Now 28 years old, Dickinson joins an emerging generation of British filmmakers who came of age against the U.K. government’s punishing austerity program of the 2010s onward, with its accompanying reduction in welfare and social services, and aren’t inclined toward a forgiving view.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Framed by the story of a Palestinian teenager at a West Bank protest who experiences violence that rocks his family and leads to his mother recounting the familial threads — all the way back to the 1948 Nakba and onward toward the present day — that brought her son to that fateful event.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Much of the longevity increases for men in those states happened before 1950, with little improvement from then onward, Holford said.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adverb
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History has repeatedly shown that socialism doesn’t work, as ideas that seem good in theory often turn into a mess of government bureaucracy, inefficiency, and inertia, setting society and living standards back instead of moving them forward.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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In 2026-27, Warriors guard Stephen Curry is slated to become the first player with an annual salary exceeding $60 million, and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum will break the $70 million barrier in 2029-30.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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For other rural Black Americans, Eighth of August is Emancipation Day When the U.S. Constitution was amended to end slavery in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's birthplace − Kentucky − was among the handful of states that refused to go along.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Infantino laughed along, despite the tens of thousands of empty seats at several group stage games so far in the competition.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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“Onward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onward. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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