How to Use furtherance in a Sentence

furtherance

noun
  • They made the furtherance of science their life's work.
  • And people might use in furtherance of that argument a quote from you.
    — CBS News, 6 June 2021
  • The gun charge also is in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, court records show.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 1 July 2017
  • Each camp believes the government should act in furtherance of their view.
    — Jay Clayton and Timothy Massad, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The speech was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Minore faces three counts of bank robbery and three counts of use of a firearm in furtherance of a bank robbery.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
  • About two dozen of those flights were in furtherance of Maduro's re-election campaign.
    — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2021
  • The maximum sentence for firing a weapon in furtherance of a crime is life in prison.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
  • That can be enhanced into a felony if it is used in furtherance of another crime.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These laws were passed after the Civil War in the furtherance of the aims of the war.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2018
  • And it cannot be used as a vehicle to spread false and malicious lies, in furtherance of a shakedown.
    — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Threats would be misdemeanors, but having a gun or other deadly weapon in furtherance of the threat would be a felony.
    — Betsy Russell, idahostatesman, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Brown, Bluett and Lewis also face charges of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime.
    — Tony Rizzo and Max Londberg, kansascity, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Those who knowingly place human lives at grave risk in furtherance of such crimes must be held fully accountable.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • The trio is also accused of having committed the murder in furtherance of a gang.
    — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Two defendants have been charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2020
  • He was charged with interference with commerce by robbery and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • There could also be a furtherance of vehicle-free days on Fifth Avenue.
    — David Moin, WWD, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The law requires that a union take reasonable steps in furtherance of a member’s grievance with his or her employer.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Lowery will serve seven years, the minimum sentence for brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Fore is accused of using the victims’ names in furtherance of her fraud, according to court documents.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Each count of using a telephone in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Anything that’s a practical step in furtherance of that can be an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2023
  • McCormick and Solis are also charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of drug crimes.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • In Texas, killing two people in furtherance of the same criminal enterprise is a capital crime.
    — Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
  • In Texas, killing two people in furtherance of the same criminal enterprise is a capital crime.
    — Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
  • Under a 50% tariff, a company would have to cut its pre-tax price in equal terms to stay cost-neutral for a buyer—and in furtherance of what?
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The charges were trafficking in firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime.
    — Ryan Oehrli march 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Lampkin, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025

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