FORWARDED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

forwarded

verb

past tense of forward

as in encouraged

to help the growth or development of their foundation will help forward better relations between young people from those warring nations

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Recent Examples of forwarded Four days later, Masterson forwarded that message to his assistant director. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 The agency flagged the tip as spam, and it was never forwarded to investigators, police said. — David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 The police department said the tip was flagged as spam and was never forwarded to homicide investigators. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Unfortunately for them, more than just their mail ends up getting forwarded. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026 Razo said the city became suspicious when someone forwarded a message in which academy officials directed parents to register their children under the league for the fall season after the registration deadline. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Rogers forwarded the document to his personal Gmail account and from there sent it to Lee. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Police say that when the investigation is complete, the case will be forwarded to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for review. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 In a lengthy report earlier this month, Anthropic detailed how DeepSeek and Moonshot forwarded some customer requests to Claude to train and improve their own models, and in some of the processes, exposed sensitive information. — John Liu, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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He was encouraged to do so by Sadie Sink, who returned to Broadway in 2025 John Proctor is the Villain.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
For businesses, flood panels are not only permissible but also encouraged via flood insurance discounts.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of encouraged

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Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse asked why the company promoted the idea of users uploading X-rays to Grok, asking if that was safe and if HIPPA protections applied.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
The singer-songwriter and pianist promoted his new record, AGAPE, earlier this month, according to a press release.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of promoted

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The plant is also widely cultivated as a fodder crop for livestock.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Dahlan has since cultivated close ties with the United Arab Emirates, which has relations with Israel and was the driving force behind the 2020 Abraham Accords.

— Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivated

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Mexico was struggling with debt crises, declining energy revenues, and the related breakdown of the ruling party’s half-century-old corporatist model, which had fostered a centralized, closed economy.

— Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026
This goldilocks amount of new technology in the ’90s also fostered a uniquely creative period.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of fostered

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Parking was no more than $5 — that would be $10 today, after inflation — and the Dodgers nurtured the next generation of fans by offering free tickets to A students and a kids’ fan club that included six tickets for $2.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
As the youngest of four boys in a soccer-loving family, he was nurtured for moments like this one.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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