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furtherance

[fur-ther-uhns] / ˈfɜr ðər əns /


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This year’s wave of ads, while notable for its furtherance of AI hype, is unlikely to bring the same kind of fallout.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“Any negative price implications from OPEC’s furtherance of this quarter’s 137,000 b/d production increase were offset by the cartel’s suggested pause in output advances after the end of this year,” Ritterbusch says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

According to the FBI, terrorism is “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government or civilian population in furtherance of political or social objectives.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

A note says that listing names would “expose the recipients to serious prejudice and impair the furtherance of their charitable activities.”

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

As a boy he taught himself to read parts of the Bible in Hebrew, and before we came to Africa he made us all sit down and study French, for the furtherance of our mission.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver