as in away
from this or that place ferries carrying passengers to and fro

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Recent Examples of fro What is Rassi on the lookout when shopping for new pieces to rock while working fro home? Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 25 May 2021
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Adverb
  • Village of Om Plant Kitchen opened in December as Sacramento’s first fully vegan sushi restaurant offering rolls, nigiri and pan-Asian cuisine, just steps away from Buddha Belly at 1915 S St. in the Newton Booth neighborhood of midtown.
    Irene Milanez, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
  • The building is pet friendly and just steps away from Prospect Park.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Adverb
  • Consider traveling with a compact Starlink Mini, as satellite internet often remains operational even when other internet services are down.
    Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
  • This was down from 17,972 in the prior financial year, and below a forecast 16,800-17,200.
    Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Adverb
  • Though with on again, off again tariff negotiations, there’s no guarantee of smooth sailing from here on out.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Elements of that – Cali salsa, Afro-Pacific music, a festival inspired by a proud Indigenous people – though often not recognized, make up potential elements of a far more positive modern multi-ethnic Colombian identity and offer a way out a still conflictive contemporary reality.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025

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“Fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fro. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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