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forward

[fawr-werd] / ˈfɔr wərd /










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“We look forward to working with the wonderful people of Denmark and Greenland toward a magnificent future with respect to this large, and highly strategic, parcel of land. We will be very protective of it.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

I like her well enough, but I don’t look forward to seeing her the way I do my closest friends.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

But the company will need to raise more going forward.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

However, the Blues forward will now miss the extended international break in which England play four games.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Wanting his share, J.W. hunkered forward through the weeds.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

When Spurs' centre-backs are on the ball, opposing midfielders and forwards begin to push up, creating space for Spurs' attacking midfielders between the lines.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

We have seen De Zerbi's forwards in bigger spaces facing fewer defenders on numerous occasions this season already.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Recognising that Sandro Tonali is better in big space facing forwards, we have seen him rotate positions with Archie Gray, who starts at right-back - a sensible tweak.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

It has meant Bellingham can receive the ball between the lines, carry it forward, combine with the forwards and make late runs into the penalty area.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

We were starting forward, but the Professor’s warning hand, seen by us as he stood behind a yew-tree, kept us back; and then as we looked the white figure moved forwards again.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

This “where and when am I” information gets forwarded to the lateral septum.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

That’s the view put forwarded by Deutsche Bank strategist Michael Hseuh, who reiterated the bank’s year-end call for gold to reach $4,600.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

On 15 March 2025, UnknownHustler forwarded him a message, which was in effect a Foxtrot online tender for business, known by police as VaaS.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Once your traffic reaches the VPN server, it has reached the end of the tunnel and needs to be decrypted before your requests can be forwarded to the site or service you’re attempting to access.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

My neighbor Mrs. B raved about living next door to an online celebrity and said she’d talked me up at her Mommy and Me class and forwarded my flyer to her friends at NASA.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Many order them via friends in countries where they are legally obtainable - or by using forwarding services in neighbouring countries.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

People were fast forwarding through all the commercials because they were watching it on TiVo.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

They found evidence that ChatGPT appeared to be “using forwarding looking information despite being asked not to.”

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

They wanted information—the names of friends, forwarding addresses, suggestions on where to look next.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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