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Better ways to say “Going forward”
The corporate way to say "next."
i · Why avoid itTwo lines, no filler
A phrase that pretends to add information and instead adds syllables. Nine times in ten it means "from now on" or nothing at all. If you can delete it without losing meaning, that's your sign.
ii · Before & afterDrop-in demo
Before
Going forward, all builds will run on the new pipeline.
After
From now on, all builds run on the new pipeline.
iii · The alternatives4 ways out
- 01From now on neutral
the clean version
From now on, no commits on Fridays.
- 02In future neutral
British, slightly formal
In future, please CC legal.
- 03Next neutral
sequencing
Next, we'll tackle caching.
- 04(Just cut it) any
half the time, it's filler
All builds run on the new pipeline.
iv · Brew tipKeep this one
Try deleting it. If the sentence loses nothing, it was filler.