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forward pass

noun as in football pass toward opponent's goal

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Their algorithm, instead of relying on a matrix of weights recorded from the forward pass, used a matrix initialized with random values for the backward pass.

They made a number of rules changes, the most important of which was to legalize the forward pass.

Professional football is a sport that dominates America, the forward pass dominates football, and Rodgers dominates the pass.

Rabbit had it and was preparing to throw a forward pass to Dave Powers, who had run around left end to receive it.

The ball had touched Lakeville's thirty-yard line, when Jump intercepted a forward pass and ran it back a third of that distance.

With seven to go, a forward pass was tried and succeeded for enough to make the distance.

A forward pass, Harris to Edwards, gained eight, and Harris made it first down past left tackle.

A forward-pass to Edwards went short and Clint knocked it out of the eager hands of a Claflin player.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forward pass, such as: aerial, bomb, flare, flare pass, pass, and pass pattern.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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