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
  • Khan was brushing her teeth in the video while standing a few steps away from the camera.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Taxes can scoop away a double-digit percentage of your earnings.
    Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Adverb
  • Here, the odds of the postseason dropped a full three percentage points, to 95.9% (though that’s with a 92.5% chance of a division title and a 52.4% chance of a bye, down from 73.7% last week).
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
  • That percentage is also very similar to 2023 and down slightly from the 100.1% of mid-2022, reflecting the red-hot market of 2020-mid-2022 in which buyers were fiercely competing for homes, often asking over asking price.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2025
Adverb
  • Kroger brand's 2% cottage cheese is the best one out there.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
  • There were less mistakes out there on Day 1, which is good.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025

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“Fro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fro. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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