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[fur-ther] / ˈfɜr ðər /






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The company could further ramp up capital allocation to the marketing business over the remainder of the year, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Manchester Life was always envisaged as a platform for further investment.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The council urged the international community to "adjust further its engagement with any stakeholders in Afghanistan" with regard to human rights and fundamental freedoms for all Afghans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“That combination suggests the derating is much further advanced than the index price level alone would imply,” said Wilson and his colleagues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Even further away, a longma swept down to drink—too far to help.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

That it’s taken this long to reach what could be a watershed moment speaks volumes about how every passing day furthers humanity’s desensitization.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

But Dan Wasiolek, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, told MarketWatch that the deal furthers his belief that prediction-market competition is overstated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

"Those early years were bit parts, chorus lines, lots of rejection... but my dear dad always reminded me that perseverance furthers, that was his motto."

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

It is the latest acquisition by the Wall Street firm to broaden its offerings to clients outside of traditional investing and furthers Chief Executive David Solomon’s goal of building up the bank’s asset-management division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Francis i. furthers the printing of The Great Bible, 35.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Charles Bastide

SpaceX’s stock furthered its decline on Tuesday, extending its recent streak of losses to record a new intraday low.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

These experts then furthered the complexity of the systems under their purview, creating a self-sustaining cycle in which ever more expertise was required to deal with ever more complexity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

The Civic Memory Working Group that has recently furthered this effort left the city with a list of other historical obligations as yet unmet, challenging issues in the region’s past that remain unresolved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025

One of those Ins for 2024 was finding a creative hobby that furthered my artistic pursuits outside my preferred and beloved relationship with writing.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025

The fact that they were exactly alike, that they were surrounded by the same barren hard-packed earth, furthered the illusion.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

But there were accusations from some BBC staff that Wilcox, who was her boss as well as her husband, was furthering her career, pointing out that BBC rules forbade married couples working together.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The proposal, which exempts tribal Head Starts furthering tribal languages, is currently undergoing public comment through Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

GSK in June announced a $10.6-billion deal for Nuvalent, a Boston-based specialist in cancer treatments, furthering its push into both oncology and the United States.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

A spokesman for USA Rare Earth says the company is “making significant strides in furthering America’s strategic interests.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I didn’t think it was lame so much as more of Alaska’s intentional vagueness, another example of her furthering her own mysteriousness.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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