variants
or less commonly onwards
ˈȯn-wərdz 
ˈän-
: toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time : forward
Examples of onward in a Sentence
Adverb
They have lived in that house from 1983 onward.
we must continue to move onward, or we will die in this desert
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Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Cook had been defiant about continuing onward at the Fed.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
In addition to linking New Zealand with the Middle East, this route offers easy onward connections to Europe, Africa, and Asia via Qatar Airways' hub at Hamad International Airport in Doha.
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—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
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Adverb
Sinner had left the court for a medical timeout after losing the second set, and was sweating heavily from the first set onward on a pleasant 77-degree evening.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Cook had been defiant about continuing onward at the Fed.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
From 2003 onward crime counts generally decrease — dropping to 7,782 in 2004, 7,820 in 2005, and 7,900 in 2006 — before slowly declining to 6,210 in 2014.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
In addition to linking New Zealand with the Middle East, this route offers easy onward connections to Europe, Africa, and Asia via Qatar Airways' hub at Hamad International Airport in Doha.
10.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025
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“Onward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onward. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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