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[fawr-werd] / ˈfɔr wərd /










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County Sheriff’s Department released a bulletin calling for other possible victims to come forward, detectives heard of several additional burglaries.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

He does not believe in so-called forward guidance — hints to markets as to what the Fed will do with interest rates and why.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Warsh’s approach of eschewing any form of forward guidance makes it extremely difficult for the markets to form a coherent analysis of Fed policy, said Eckhard Schulte, chairman of the board at MainSky Asset Management.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Deals for winger Geovany Quenda and forward Emmanuel Emegha were agreed in 2025, with both players formally completing moves this month.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The command was given and we shuffled forward down the long chilly halls, each carrying a pillowcase, with her belongings forming a little bulge at the bottom.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

At his age, Welbeck may be content to provide cover for Joao Pedro, but the move would represent bad news for several other forwards.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Springboks started strongly with a fine break from full-back Aphelele Fassi continued by the home forwards.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

For although the squads of the tournament's final four contain 41 Premier League players between them, very few of the forwards on show are based in England.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Fontaine was no bruiser on black-and-white TV, when the balls were heavy leather and keepers unprotected from assault from forwards.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

As we saw in Chapter 2, this is nonsense, in that we have to read history both forwards and backwards.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Last year, the Pentagon forwarded a list of 12 different Ukrainian drones to several large U.S. defense companies to inquire if they wanted to build them or work with them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Once your traffic reaches the VPN server, it has reached the end of the tunnel and needs to be decrypted before your requests can be forwarded to the site or service you’re attempting to access.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

He says that a company email account was set up for Ferguson, but because she never activated it, messages addressed to her were forwarded to a common inbox.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Vote-by-mail ballots will not be forwarded to a new address, so your ballot will be returned to your local county election office if you haven’t updated your voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The Quaker petition should be heard and forwarded to a committee 4 as a matter of course.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

People were fast forwarding through all the commercials because they were watching it on TiVo.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

They found evidence that ChatGPT appeared to be “using forwarding looking information despite being asked not to.”

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

RXO is a large third-party logistics firm, or 3PL, brokering truck transportation, freight forwarding, and last-mile delivery for customers in an asset-light business model.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

But, for now, the former prince’s first brush with justice has come from a seemingly more mundane matter: the apparent forwarding of emails to Epstein in his role as Britain’s trade pitchman.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Unfortunately for them, and even sadder for Bobby, after Collins received the letter warning him against forwarding anything, that conduit was cut off and the requests for contact drifted down into wastebasket oblivion.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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