as in forward
toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time
traffic was inching along at a snail's pace work on the project is moving right along
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Recent Examples of along
Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Queen Letizia wore a beige Georgette shirtdress with tonal sequin stripes along the front and collar.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 1 Dec. 2024
Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2024
The European Union, meanwhile, already is much further along, and its rulemaking efforts should help inform the U.S.
The best approach to crypto, like any burgeoning financial market, is not to spray legal buckshot into the crowd, SEC-style.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
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And while the virus is less lethal in cows than birds, dead cows and calves have piled up along roadsides in Tulare County, with farmers and veterinarians reporting mortality rates far higher than expected.
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Crossroads Village steams along during holidays Genesee County Parks in Flint offers its own magical experience, Christmas at Crossroads, which lets riders enjoy an evening trip on the 1800s Huckleberry Railroad and by streets filled with decorations celebrating Christmas past.
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Today, the family is spread across the globe and maintains interests in financial services, energy, real estate and other sectors, while several of its prominent members have become high society and philanthropic fixtures in London, Paris and beyond.DANIEL MILLER LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Ware, Pedraza and their family now tour rodeos across the U.S. Keith Bland, 64, of Crete, said the cowboy tradition taught him family values.Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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The charge carries a maximum term of four years in prison, but guidelines suggest Trump would receive a far lower penalty than that if the sentencing were to move forward.Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
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So moving forward, the Guardians have a choice to make regarding talented Gabriel Arias.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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They were married near Niagara Falls in 1943, then returned to Brooklyn, where Bernard Joseph Jr. was born in August 1946.Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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Herrera, 64, grew up in a colonia in Weslaco, a small city nestled near the heart of the Rio Grande Valley.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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However, his career saw a turn driving for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024, achieving a third-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, and bagging seven top-10 finishes over 36 races.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Roan has previously opened up about her friendship with Carpenter, noting that the two have bonded over their meteoric rise to fame in such a relatively short period.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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There has been an awful lot of talk about what malls will need to look like going forwards.Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Across the end of 2014 and the start of 2015, the U.S. won just two of 12 games in a run that began in the World Cup with a 2-2 draw with Portugal and carried drowsily forwards.Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Several SpaceX executives have been asking questions about matters that go well beyond space policy, and interrogating federal spending across government agencies, people with direct knowledge of the talks say.Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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The escape that physical intimacy and the act of climax provide is as fleeting as the climax itself, pushing Lee to go beyond the physical and seek out even deeper ways to connect, namely telepathy, by the film’s end.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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Cassidy was seen attending Payne's funeral in England on Nov. 20, alongside his One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Derek Hough, another former pro on the series who now sits on its judging panel alongside Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, may have won three times as many golds as Burke, but Burke has displayed a uniquely incisive eye for gameplay and technique on her podcast.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/along. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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