as in away
not close in time or space
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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Recent Examples of faraway
Or road-trip to those faraway state parks that long summer days grant more time for visiting.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Reports across the country suggest American consumers are hesitant about booking long vacations in faraway places this summer.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Cruise is now 62, and denying it with every maniacal sprint down some faraway city’s waterfront boulevard.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
As the company prospered, Andrew III, whose father Andrew McNally II ran the company from 1933 to 1948, came of age thinking nothing of taking off for faraway places.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Reports across the country suggest American consumers are hesitant about booking long vacations in faraway places this summer.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Cruise is now 62, and denying it with every maniacal sprint down some faraway city’s waterfront boulevard.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
As the company prospered, Andrew III, whose father Andrew McNally II ran the company from 1933 to 1948, came of age thinking nothing of taking off for faraway places.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faraway
Adjective
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The new away jerseys were inspired by the team’s 2022 Winter Classic look, but the cream base has been replaced by a sharp white.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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And nearly every game for the European teams is like an away game.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Growing up, my family would occasionally pile into the car and drive to distant locations for very brief vacations.—
Jason Foodman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions are not some distant diplomatic dispute.—
Laurence Milstein,
Sun Sentinel,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Questions are continuing to mount about how far tensions in the Middle East will spiral, with President Trump refusing to rule out U.S. intervention between Israel and Iran.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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As an example of how far interest rates fell, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury bond reached an all-time low of 0.65% in June 2020 during the peak of the pandemic.—
Chris Gunster,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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What people have not always had is either the awareness or deep enough pockets, which means FIFA should reduce prices and fill these stadiums.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Sometimes people forget that L.A. and Southern California is a place with real people and a super deep and rich history of Black art.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Because the island is so removed from urban congestion, there’s no light pollution to hinder the brilliance in the sky.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The removed portrait shall be stored in a secure and appropriate location, as determined by the Director of Research of Legislative Council Staff, until further notice.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Set on a 1,200-acre estate, this remote nature resort (which opened in 2022 with a modernist bathhouse and beachfront baths) may seem like the only hint of human habitation around—but the site has deep roots in Icelandic history.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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Gi-hun, who’d found his way back in the clandestine gaming complex (situated inside a mountain on a remote island), is Player 456 again among a new round of contestants.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faraway. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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