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[fawr-werd] / ˈfɔr wərd /










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States of Jersey Police are investigating the incidents and officers have appealed to anyone with information about who is responsible to come forward.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Under the proposal, clocks would move an hour forward in March as they normally do, but then would remain there indefinitely, meaning later sunrises and more evening daylight in the winters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

It has also been structuring over-the-counter derivatives, including for those who want to hedge against a big collapse in prices going forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

She urged the Commonwealth to "look forward" and "not endlessly backwards".

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Swimming on my back, I try to tug Belle forward.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

She told Cadena Ser radio how the crash had propelled her forwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"How are they going to face forwards if they're not willing to hear from the families?"

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Going forwards, I think they need to put into place that they remove the passports," one said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

After setting the tone defensively against the Kings, forwards Ziaire Williams and Matisse Thybulle watched from the sideline Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

‘It looks like a tomb,’ muttered Frodo, and bent forwards with a curious sense of foreboding, to look more closely at it.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Scotland Yard said the letter contained claims about offending outside the UK and that it had been forwarded to "the office of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for their awareness".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

An administration official said that Barbabella secured the position after a competitive process where the Army, Navy and Air Force forwarded up to six candidates to the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

It then forwarded those names to Homeland Security Investigations, which conducted its own investigation and concluded the same, the lawsuit says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He forwarded us the rules for starting a microschool, which involve providing proof of a high school diploma, at least.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Marks had forwarded the emails to the Division of Detectives, nobody specific, just info@.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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

We don’t get multihop connections, which route your traffic through one VPN server before forwarding it to a second one, providing an extra layer of security and making you even harder to identify uniquely.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

In the final quarter of 2025, its supply chain and post and parcel Germany units both reported an increase in EBIT, while the express shipping, freight forwarding and e-commerce businesses registered declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

Mrs. Daneeka moved with her children to Lansing, Michigan, and left no forwarding address.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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