as in away
not close in time or space
many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Recent Examples of far-off
What’s wrong with being uncomfortable and plowing through demanding texts that challenge us to think about bygone times, far-off places and painful emotions, poignantly expressed?
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
One goal of astronomy is to build a telescope powerful enough to actually see details such as surface features and cloud patterns on distant exoplanets, those far-off worlds that orbit other stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The captain was punished with a transfer to a town where car number plates started with the letters OK and where people from far-off districts came to get their vehicles registered.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
But today there’s something refreshingly unusual about electronic music so unabashedly idealistic, something that declines to submit to reality and instead goes searching for some far-off nirvana, finding connections to other dreamers on the way.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
One goal of astronomy is to build a telescope powerful enough to actually see details such as surface features and cloud patterns on distant exoplanets, those far-off worlds that orbit other stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The captain was punished with a transfer to a town where car number plates started with the letters OK and where people from far-off districts came to get their vehicles registered.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
But today there’s something refreshingly unusual about electronic music so unabashedly idealistic, something that declines to submit to reality and instead goes searching for some far-off nirvana, finding connections to other dreamers on the way.
—Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-off
Adjective
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Packed bars during away matches.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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The away games in Lublin, Poland, against Dynamo Kyiv and Dublin against Shelbourne have given the travelling Palace fans some special moments which will not be forgotten.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This property is crucial for generating quantum entanglement between distant nodes, another cornerstone of future quantum communication networks, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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His short responses feel distant, and his hesitation comes across as disinterest.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Prosecutors, police and FBI officials say Balat and Kayumi drove from Pennsylvania to New York City and joined a throng of counterprotesters at the rally, whose organizer, far-right activist Jake Lang, is a critic of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and the first Muslim to hold the office.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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That’s the far future, as of 2026, of star-formation and of what stars will persist, to the best of humanity’s current knowledge.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Expect lively, clubby vibes as local DJs pump out deep house and dance to soul and techno, depending on the mood.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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See latest conditions Rainfall during the critical germination months from September through November was well below normal, and the winter rain needed to support deep roots and healthy growth also fell short.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Toyota/Lexus a few years back made the remote start a subscription service.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Next Tuesday, Simpson is scheduled to have a mastectomy on the side with three tumors and a lump removal on the other, with reconstructive surgery to move fat and an artery from her abdomen to replace the removed breast.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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The removed officers include two under the Central Military Commission, the military's highest body, as well as others from the army, the navy, the air force and the rocket force.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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