as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us
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Recent Examples of light-year
About the size of Saturn, the new world is circling a red dwarf star about 111 light-years away.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Also known as Andromeda, the Milky Way’s most immediate neighbor is about 2.5 million light-years away, and provides an excellent option for studying how spiral galaxies form and evolve over time.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Once detected, neutrinos can reveal impressive information about the nature of cosmic events that took place light-years away, as Stephanie Wissel, an astrophysicist at the Pennsylvania State University, says in a statement.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The star-forming regions that resemble clouds composed of dust and gas are located thousands of light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Also known as Andromeda, the Milky Way’s most immediate neighbor is about 2.5 million light-years away, and provides an excellent option for studying how spiral galaxies form and evolve over time.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Once detected, neutrinos can reveal impressive information about the nature of cosmic events that took place light-years away, as Stephanie Wissel, an astrophysicist at the Pennsylvania State University, says in a statement.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
The star-forming regions that resemble clouds composed of dust and gas are located thousands of light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for light-year
Noun
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RWAs serve as the connective tissue between the real economy and the digital world, unlocking liquidity for traditionally illiquid assets while enabling programmable finance.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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And, there’s a whole world of us out here ready to support you.—
Amy Polacko,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
Noun
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All month – Milky Way core: The bright central bulge of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is visible all night through August.—
John Tufts,
The Courier-Journal,
11 July 2025
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Then, some very serious things start happening in the galaxy.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Light-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-year. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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