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as in onwards
toward a point ahead in space or time from that day forth we were fast friends

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as in forward
toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time go forth into the world with love and hope

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Recent Examples of forth In the zany Hypothetically, the End, for which director Lily Drummond won the award for Best Editor, two best friends scramble to marry during the dying embers of New Year’s Eve 1999, convinced that the Y2K bug is about to usher forth the end of days. Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 After showing an uncanny knack for syncing the demand for TV talent with the supply of rising musicians constantly surging forth from labels, Cowell was cast as a judge on the first season of the British reality competition series Pop Idol. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 May 2025 Pakistan retaliated, and there was an aerial clash, an Indian MiG-21 plane was shot down, an Indian pilot was captured, a fighter jet was allegedly shot down, and the Indians shot down their own helicopter, and so on and so forth. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Yet as the president unveiled his plan for tariffs and has gone back and forth on trade policy, Wall Street has been shaken by historic levels of uncertainty and volatility. Matt Stiles, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for forth
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Adverb
  • The government did not put forward any witnesses to provide testimony.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 10 May 2025
  • Chen, drawing on her background in gymnastics and athletic training, emphasizes a critical educational gap: most people move only in one plane—forward.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Adverb
  • Wednesday onward should be dry and sunny, and temperatures will rise through the week, reaching the mid- to upper-90s over the weekend.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
  • From August 2024 onward, Glamel still handles distribution of DVF product in the Greater China region.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 May 2025
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  • The talent management division of Anthony Kimble’s Arrested Industries has been building its international talent roster since launching in February, and will represent Ciancimino and Long going forwards.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 May 2025
  • With Rantanen signing ahead of free agency, this leaves Marner’s competition in free agency to forwards like Brock Boeser and Nikolaj Ehlers, which Marner has a separation of in terms of individual production.
    Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Adverb
  • Time Keeps Ticking Along Another consideration is that time continues to flow along in a post-AGI era.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Each question begets another, sweeping Macfarlane, his companions and now his readers along on that tide of thought.
    Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

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“Forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forth. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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