not forward

Example Sentences

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Samoa’s lead delegate Anne Rasmussen blasted the deal as business as usual, saying it could take the world backward, not forward.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

But this time, as directors too, they’ve decided to take us not forward but back, to when a routine trip went disastrously wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Police did not forward any other charges to the Polk County state’s attorney, a spokesman said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The NAO said Mr Hancock told them he did not forward all of the messages to his department "as they were not substantive discussions and so he was not required to do so".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022

I clap Ben on the back, and for the first time all day, the three of us are looking not forward but at one another.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green