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Recent Examples of onward
That’s well below the target of 95 percent vaccination coverage, which is the level needed to keep the virus from spreading onward in communities.
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Then, as expected, from that initial value, the Universe’s entropy has been forever increasing from that point onward.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Pregnant women from the second trimester onward should also avoid it, as the growing uterus can compress the inferior vena cava.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
They were stopped once and asked to open the car and show press cards before being waved onward.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Then, as expected, from that initial value, the Universe’s entropy has been forever increasing from that point onward.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Pregnant women from the second trimester onward should also avoid it, as the growing uterus can compress the inferior vena cava.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
They were stopped once and asked to open the car and show press cards before being waved onward.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for onward
Adverb
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Venus in Gemini aligns with Pluto in Aquarius, helping private thoughts turn into conversations that move things forward.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Former Florida Gator Me’Arah O’Neal, a 6-foot-4 forward and 2024 McDonald’s All-American, announced her commitment to UK via social media Monday afternoon.—
Caroline Makauskas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The anti-vaccine rhetoric, and the efforts to revise laws and regulations, rumbled along at the state health department, and in the legislature.—
Kerry Sheridan,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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Experts have noted that handbag placement can cue royal protection teams to move a principal along, adjust spacing or wrap up an appearance, all without creating a scene.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Brossoit made 34 saves in Game 1, where forwards Huntington, Kasper Halttunen, Colin White, and Igor Chernyshov all scored for San Jose before forward Trevor Connelly scored 38 seconds into overtime to give Henderson the win.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The series used multiple timelines, showing stories that took place in the present as well as flashbacks to the siblings' childhood and flash-forwards to later years.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In Florida alone, he was transferred more than a dozen times, going back and forth among detention centers in South Florida, Orlando and North Florida, including a stop at the controversial Everglades facility, Alligator Alcatraz.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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This final season has gone back and forth, introducing a virus that could kill all the supes and then destroying the Boys’ cache of it, then introducing a Vought formula that makes supes immortal and giving it to Homelander.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Onward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onward. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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