not forward

Example Sentences

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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

Liz Brocker, Stenehjem’s spokeswoman, would not forward follow-up questions and said only that the attorney general’s “statement is accurately reported.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2022

The FIU took note of the report but did not forward it to law enforcement agencies.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

If a new COVID-19 spike follows in parts of North Carolina, he’ll be faced with the exceedingly hard call to move backward, not forward, with the reopening.

From Washington Times • May 20, 2020

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