as in immediately
without delay
if the fire alarm rings, leave the building forthwith
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Recent Examples of forthwith
The first wave of airborne attacks will be launched forthwith.
—
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Whichever designer first slid that paint job across a boardroom table should be banished forthwith to work on the Sonigenic SHS-series Yamaha Keytar, where there's no chance this dangerously inept individual could make the product look any worse.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
Accordingly, the Special Master and cartographer are DIRECTED to commence work forthwith on a remedial map.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
Garland, Weiss, Wolf, and everyone connected to this growing scandal owe the nation answers, forthwith.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2023
It is therefore ordered that the Arizona Department of Corrections, Reentry and Rehabilitation release (him) forthwith.
—Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
DeSantis, a potential presidential candidate who studied history at Yale, characterizes American universities as liberal indoctrination centers ruled by faculty whose political correctness needs to be canceled, forthwith.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
On September 21st the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, declared that the model of railway privatisation that Britain has followed for the past two and a half decades had stopped working, and would end forthwith.
—The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
Our new-ish national nightmare continues, so forthwith here is the latest edition of the New Normal, a (sorta) lighthearted roundup of news-you-can-use and other tidbits in the time of epidemic.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Mar. 2020
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Whichever designer first slid that paint job across a boardroom table should be banished forthwith to work on the Sonigenic SHS-series Yamaha Keytar, where there's no chance this dangerously inept individual could make the product look any worse.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2024
Accordingly, the Special Master and cartographer are DIRECTED to commence work forthwith on a remedial map.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
Garland, Weiss, Wolf, and everyone connected to this growing scandal owe the nation answers, forthwith.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2023
It is therefore ordered that the Arizona Department of Corrections, Reentry and Rehabilitation release (him) forthwith.
—Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
DeSantis, a potential presidential candidate who studied history at Yale, characterizes American universities as liberal indoctrination centers ruled by faculty whose political correctness needs to be canceled, forthwith.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
On September 21st the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, declared that the model of railway privatisation that Britain has followed for the past two and a half decades had stopped working, and would end forthwith.
—The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
Our new-ish national nightmare continues, so forthwith here is the latest edition of the New Normal, a (sorta) lighthearted roundup of news-you-can-use and other tidbits in the time of epidemic.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forthwith
Adverb
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Trump suspends refugee program for most, except Afrikaners Upon taking office, Trump immediately suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and ordered most potential refugees to remain in other countries.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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But more immediately, the banner has recruited them to pull from their YouTuber roots with a different project.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
21 May 2025
Adverb
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Refrigerate leftovers promptly in small containers.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Assad promptly fled to his new life in exile in Moscow.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
Adverb
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That shift could instantly disqualify every employee at those institutions from PSLF.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Then a sudden switch: a bellicose, spine-stiffening bass line, and the instantly infamous refrain.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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The bill now heads for a vote in the full House, where Speaker Johnson is operating under very tight margins: House Republicans have one of the thinnest majorities in history at 220-212, meaning Johnson can only afford to lose three members of his caucus if all Democrats are opposed.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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In fiscal 2027 that starts July 1, 2026, the finance department now expects the state's net available general revenue to reach $6.88 billion -- an increase of $201.3 million or 3% above fiscal 2026, Hudson said.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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“Forthwith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forthwith. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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