Forrest
Americannoun
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Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
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John, 1st Baron, 1847–1918, Australian explorer and statesman.
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Nathan Bedford, 1821–77, Confederate cavalry general in the U.S. Civil War.
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Example Sentences
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A Forrest Gump of a tale, “Theo of Golden” extols the virtues of close observation, deep conversation and offline connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
“Then the realization hit that the telecom spending was overblown,” Forrest said.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
"Andrew Forrest and Fortescue care deeply about all First Nations people, including the Yindjibarndi community," a Fortescue spokesperson said.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Butler had been weaned on the old Southern epic tales about Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and so he, too, believed in the South’s possible redemption.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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