as in to do
to move forward along a course
the rescue team forged ahead despite the bad weather
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1
as in to counterfeit
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
arrested for forging the doctor's signature on the prescription
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as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
both sides labored mightily to forge a peace treaty
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Recent Examples of forge
Saul Mangel, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2025
Artisans across Brooklyn were making their own bean-to-bar chocolate, canning pickles, opening old-timey butcher shops, and forging knives.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Rand and Egwene forge their own path under Moiraine's watchful eye.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Then, in September, accusations broke that Myung Tae-kyun, a political broker who ran a polling company, had forged deals with Yoon, his wife, and party colleagues to allegedly publish unverified polls and unlawfully influence elections.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
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To be clear, this is not to say that Trump is wrong to try and forge new trade deals and bring jobs back to the U.S. Many of our current deals are genuinely unfair and have allowed other countries to benefit at our expense.
—Saul Mangel, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2025
Artisans across Brooklyn were making their own bean-to-bar chocolate, canning pickles, opening old-timey butcher shops, and forging knives.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Rand and Egwene forge their own path under Moiraine's watchful eye.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Then, in September, accusations broke that Myung Tae-kyun, a political broker who ran a polling company, had forged deals with Yoon, his wife, and party colleagues to allegedly publish unverified polls and unlawfully influence elections.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Forge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forge. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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