- present participle of forward.
forwarding
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forwardings
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Bookbinding. a stage in which sections of a book are stitched, fitted with a back, pasted, etc., before being placed in the completed cover.
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Engraving. the process of starting a copper plate by etching and of finishing with a graver.
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Meta says the feature has a range of built-in protections, including for younger users with Teen Accounts, including preventing screenshots, reshares or forwarding of Instants.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
They found evidence that ChatGPT appeared to be “using forwarding looking information despite being asked not to.”
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
On Thursday, a United Nations committee concluded that Mexico’s disappearance crisis constituted “crimes against humanity” and took what it called the “exceptional step” of forwarding the matter to the General Assembly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
In freight forwarding, the company said the environment is very challenging, with declining freight rates in air and ocean freight and a weak economic situation in Europe hitting road freight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
They seldom stayed long enough to make friends anywhere, and in the few cases where they had, they’d moved on with no forwarding address and lost contact.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
I had just about given up all hopes of getting a line on my confiding friend when, several weeks after a letter bearing the pen marks of many forwardings, caught me.
From Tales of the Road by Charles N. (Charles Newman) Crewdson
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