at a distance of

idiom

used to describe how far away something is
He spotted the group at a distance of one mile.

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“At a distance of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20distance%20of. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.

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