farthest 1 of 2

as in remotest
most distant from a center for privacy and quiet, we requested a hotel room that was farthest from the elevator

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farthest

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adverb

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Recent Examples of farthest
Adjective
Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 23 Nov. 2022 At its farthest point, Orion is expected to reach up to 270,000 miles from Earth. Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
Adverb
The stormy area farthest east (circled in red above) is steadily organizing and has a high chance of strengthening into a tropical depression or tropical storm Thursday or Friday. Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025 The original objective of the new Gulfstream, an update of the popular G650ER, was simply to secure its position as aviation’s farthest-flying business jet with a range of 8,000 nautical miles. J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farthest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farthest
Adverb
  • Low temperatures at or below freezing are possible as far south as Texas and Florida and as far east as the Appalachians.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The Care and Keeping of You did not (further) frighten or confuse me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The research team claims that their strategy offers a novel approach to developing high-performance cathodes capable of operating under extreme temperatures.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The scale runs from G1, minor, to G5, extreme.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2025
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025

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