as in progressing
to move forward along a course
the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather
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as in counterfeiting
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription
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as in developing
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty
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as in drawing
to shape with a hammer
loved the artisan look of that hand-forged copper pot
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Recent Examples of forging
Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Multi-million dollar sponsorship deals soon came her way and both Venus and Serena eventually switched coaches, forging glittering careers and becoming household names.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of years after those elements formed, temperatures became cool enough for their atoms to combine with electrons in a variety of different configurations, forging molecules.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
If the West is about forging your own future, then in Reno, that future is being built one bite at a time.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
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That our leadership would allow itself to be coerced into ignoring its majority of constituents who believe in forging genuine social justice partnerships is highly problematic.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Multi-million dollar sponsorship deals soon came her way and both Venus and Serena eventually switched coaches, forging glittering careers and becoming household names.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of years after those elements formed, temperatures became cool enough for their atoms to combine with electrons in a variety of different configurations, forging molecules.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025
If the West is about forging your own future, then in Reno, that future is being built one bite at a time.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Forging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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