afield
adverb or adjective
Examples of afield in a Sentence
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But for the 2025 holidays, one local band will be going farther afield.
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Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
With Russian economy far from collapse, U.S. opts for tougher punishment
Russia has reached out much further afield to boost its ranks.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Historically, landings on the moon and further afield have been the almost exclusive purview of national governments.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Farther afield in the South China Sea, underwater searchers located the remains of the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese merchant ship torpedoed by an American submarine on July 1, 1942.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
The head of the Second Service, for instance, was increasingly involved in areas far afield from counterterrorism; in 2020, according to the U.S. government, he and his branch of the F.S.B. were involved in the poisoning of Mr. Navalny.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Burrow into the sofa and crack open a bottle from one of the small Hungarian wineries (there are finds from further afield, too) like Barnag, Réka Koncz, and Kolónia 52 alongside weekly kitchen specials served Thursday through Saturday.
—Alia Akkam, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2024
The diplomacy and outreach-heavy cruise of the USCG Reliance is just one example—the Coast Guard has been pushing their older mid-endurance cutters hard for years, pushing the old ships farther north and ever further afield.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Now the tree remains far afield, surviving in about a dozen locations around the world, mostly in botanical gardens including in Chile, in London and in southern France.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
With Russian economy far from collapse, U.S. opts for tougher punishment
Russia has reached out much further afield to boost its ranks.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Historically, landings on the moon and further afield have been the almost exclusive purview of national governments.
—Robert Hart, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Farther afield in the South China Sea, underwater searchers located the remains of the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese merchant ship torpedoed by an American submarine on July 1, 1942.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
The head of the Second Service, for instance, was increasingly involved in areas far afield from counterterrorism; in 2020, according to the U.S. government, he and his branch of the F.S.B. were involved in the poisoning of Mr. Navalny.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Burrow into the sofa and crack open a bottle from one of the small Hungarian wineries (there are finds from further afield, too) like Barnag, Réka Koncz, and Kolónia 52 alongside weekly kitchen specials served Thursday through Saturday.
—Alia Akkam, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2024
The diplomacy and outreach-heavy cruise of the USCG Reliance is just one example—the Coast Guard has been pushing their older mid-endurance cutters hard for years, pushing the old ships farther north and ever further afield.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Now the tree remains far afield, surviving in about a dozen locations around the world, mostly in botanical gardens including in Chile, in London and in southern France.
—Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Afield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afield. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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