and so forth

Idioms  

1. Also, and so on. And more of the same, also, and others. For example, At the mall, we shopped, had lunch, shopped some more, and so forth, or She planned to buy an entire outfit in blue—dress, shoes, hat, and so on. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the early 1700s. Also see and the like.

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and so forth

"Today it was fridges, tomorrow it could be routers, the day after tomorrow it could be home appliances and so forth."

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

U.S. manufacturers in October pumped out the most goods — plastics, computers, electrical equipment and so forth — in five years as a growing economy and a revolution in artificial intelligence stoked demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

He added: "We are co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement. We have very significant obligations to mind it and to progress it and so forth."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Secretary-General António Guterres argued that “a uniformed United Nations presence” in Lebanon was the only option to monitor, facilitate, coordinate and so forth “after the end of the mandate of UNIFIL.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

That was his domain, and he directed us all in the planting of useful foods, all to the Glory of God and so forth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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