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onwards

British  
/ ˈɒnwədz /

adverb

  1. at or towards a point or position ahead, in advance, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She first flew from San Francisco to Tahiti and then onwards to the isle of Mangareva in outer French Polynesia.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

With the Strait of Hormuz off limits, ships have been diverted to Oman and Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast with containers then shipped onwards overland.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Nomura expects earnings from high-margin concerts and album releases to be reflected from 2Q onwards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

From the 83rd minute onwards in all league games this season, they've mined 20 points.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

It was from 1658 onwards, and thanks to Christiaan Huygens, that ordinary people began to have access to accurate timepieces, instead of estimating the time of day by the position of the Sun.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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