forthwith
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“He shall be released forthwith, if not incarcerated in any other case,” the order concluded.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
And that is why he said he was "stepping down forthwith", triggering an immediate by-election in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023
He was 85 and said he found painting tiring; forthwith, he would devote his energies to drawing.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
"We are therefore at liberty to exercise our right to withdraw our labour forthwith," Murithi Nyagah, the general secretary of KALPA, said in a statement.
From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2022
In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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