1
: widely spread or distributed
a far-flung empire
2
: remote
a far-flung correspondent

Examples of far-flung in a Sentence

it could once be said that the sun never set on the far-flung British Empire traveled to far-flung towns that had not seen a doctor in years
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The newly emerging elite of seventh century England were looking east and were building new ideas about governance derived from old or far-flung places. Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025 In places as far-flung as Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Serbia, from antiquity to the present day, tornadoes have sucked up aquatic creatures by the bushel and carried them several miles away. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Three-quarters of the cars imported by countries as far-flung as Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Djibouti last year were pure electrics. Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025 The results reveal that deep-sea brittle stars have spread around the world’s oceans throughout the past 100 million years, connecting regions as far-flung as Tasmania and Iceland. Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for far-flung

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of far-flung was in 1849

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“Far-flung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-flung. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

far-flung

adjective
ˈfär-ˈfləŋ
: covering great areas : having wide range
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