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Recent Examples of onward
This perennial features flat flower heads and lacy foliage from midsummer onwards.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026
That’s well below the target of 95 percent vaccination coverage, which is the level needed to keep the virus from spreading onward in communities.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Then, as expected, from that initial value, the Universe’s entropy has been forever increasing from that point onward.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Pregnant women from the second trimester onward should also avoid it, as the growing uterus can compress the inferior vena cava.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026
That’s well below the target of 95 percent vaccination coverage, which is the level needed to keep the virus from spreading onward in communities.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Then, as expected, from that initial value, the Universe’s entropy has been forever increasing from that point onward.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Pregnant women from the second trimester onward should also avoid it, as the growing uterus can compress the inferior vena cava.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onward
Adverb
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Be honest about your priorities, adjust what doesn’t fit, and move forward with a plan that everyone can actually follow without confusion or misalignment later.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
5 May 2026
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The 6-foot-9 Petrovic is a versatile forward able to shoot from the outside, operate inside and distribute the ball to teammates.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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The anti-vaccine rhetoric, and the efforts to revise laws and regulations, rumbled along at the state health department, and in the legislature.—
Kerry Sheridan,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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Experts have noted that handbag placement can cue royal protection teams to move a principal along, adjust spacing or wrap up an appearance, all without creating a scene.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Brossoit made 34 saves in Game 1, where forwards Huntington, Kasper Halttunen, Colin White, and Igor Chernyshov all scored for San Jose before forward Trevor Connelly scored 38 seconds into overtime to give Henderson the win.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The series used multiple timelines, showing stories that took place in the present as well as flashbacks to the siblings' childhood and flash-forwards to later years.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This is the experience of reading their early work; sitting alongside Myles, we are propelled forth, out into the streets of New York, back into the past, and yet also—inevitably, inexorably—forward to the effulgent future that awaits their young writer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Billionaire Tom Steyer went back and forth with Becerra over the latter’s decision to accept the maximum $39,200 campaign contribution from Chevron.—
Ben Paviour
May 6,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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“Onward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onward. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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