onward

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The emotional intensity of the moment dissolves, the wounds heal, and time marches onward.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Some 30 artworks from the 1800s onward reveal the changes to the flag over the nation’s history and how shifting ideas about America and what its banner represents have shaped the creative world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

That day, babies born from 2025 onward will start to receive their $1,000 contribution from the government pilot program that runs through 2028.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

From that period onward, nitrate levels in water leaving the Arctic steadily declined.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

We keep on thru the middle of the day, up hills, down hills, and onward, thru trees that turn from the broad-leafed trees on the plains to more needly kinds, taller and more arrowlike.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness