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Recent Examples of onward
Throughout the 1990s, the share of goals arriving from the 90th minute onwards was always less than four per cent of the total.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Consumer neuroscience has increasingly played a role in consumer behavior analysis from the 2000s onward.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Access to the event was via invitation only, with the hotel closed to the public from 2 pm onwards.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
While the numbers behind the charts account for 20 years of data, they for the most part reflect the most popular music from the late 2010s onward, appropriate given that’s when streaming became music’s dominant listening form.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Consumer neuroscience has increasingly played a role in consumer behavior analysis from the 2000s onward.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Access to the event was via invitation only, with the hotel closed to the public from 2 pm onwards.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Apr. 2026
While the numbers behind the charts account for 20 years of data, they for the most part reflect the most popular music from the late 2010s onward, appropriate given that’s when streaming became music’s dominant listening form.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onward
Adverb
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In Josh Manson’s return to the Colorado Avalanche’s lineup from injury, the veteran defenseman landed on the ice after Minnesota Wild forward Michael McCarron finished a check on him.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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The Pisces Moon in your 5th House of Creativity trine Jupiter heightens pleasure, confidence, and the sense that what feels joyful may also move something important forward.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 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 12 May. 2026.
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