faraway
adjective
far·away
ˈfär-ə-ˌwā 
1
: lying at a great distance : remote
faraway lands
2
: dreamy, abstracted
a faraway look in her eyes
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Examples of faraway in a Sentence
My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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Major decisions about faraway markets are made in Herzogenaurach, hardly a world—or even a European—cultural capital.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
And even though there’s just one coal plant left in a West Coast state — Washington’s Centralia plant, which is slated to close in 2025 — several coastal population centers still buy power from faraway coal generators.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
And even though there’s just one coal plant left in a West Coast state — Washington’s Centralia plant, which is slated to close in 2025 — several coastal population centers still buy power from faraway coal generators.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faraway. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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faraway
adjective
far·away
ˌfär-ə-ˌwā
1
: remote entry 1 sense 1, distant
faraway lands
2
: preoccupied sense 1, dreamy
a faraway look
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