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also onwards
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as in along
toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time
work on the project has been continuing onward at a steady pace
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Celebrating that spirit, each Rado watch is truly a work of art, full of passion and creativity, for the holidays and forever onward.
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Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Amendments effective July 1, 2025, automatically seal eligible non-conviction records, including arrests from January 1, 2022, onward, when no charges were filed within one year.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
With the films becoming huge box office hits as they were released from 2001 onward, Grint was paid not only for his role in them, but was also entitled to further residual payments for TV and DVD sales over the years that followed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
None of the Cincinnati schools that tested the technology, from 2016 onward, were able to attest to the AI’s effectiveness.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
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Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
Amendments effective July 1, 2025, automatically seal eligible non-conviction records, including arrests from January 1, 2022, onward, when no charges were filed within one year.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
With the films becoming huge box office hits as they were released from 2001 onward, Grint was paid not only for his role in them, but was also entitled to further residual payments for TV and DVD sales over the years that followed.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
None of the Cincinnati schools that tested the technology, from 2016 onward, were able to attest to the AI’s effectiveness.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Onward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onward. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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