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Examples of far-off in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Drastically smaller data centers can be placed close to their target applications, rather than being in some far-off football-stadium-size facility.
—Anna Herr, IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
But the departure cannot happen as, lying in a far-off forest is Nam’s father, a soldier, whose remains they’re compelled to find.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 May 2024
The far-off setting emphasizes the lavish and luxe, though the narrative is cheaply woven and fairly threadbare.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 May 2024
As dystopian, ground-pounding carnage dominates the trailer, Lopez rockets off to a far-off planet to capture a renegade robot and teams up with a computer program named Smith in what appears, at times, like buddy comedy.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024
By the time that bit of fantasy circulated on social media, romanticizing the far-off past had become a mid-pandemic, post-insurrection cultural pattern.
—Amanda Montell, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2024
But the departure cannot happen as, lying somewhere deep within the earth, in the far-off forest is Nam’s father, a soldier, whose remains they’re compelled to find.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Dutifully filing reports to his uncommunicative and far-off superiors, Pascali regards his pay as proof that his work is imperative.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Supersonic drones may sound like a far-off fantasy, but at least one new model is edging closer to reality.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of far-off was
in the 15th century
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
far-off
adjectiveˈfär-ˈȯf
: remote in time or space
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