far side
noun
1
: the farther side
the far side of the lake
2
or farside
: the side of the moon away from the earth
the lunar farside
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Her left-footed shot from 7 yards out went top corner on the far side for her team-best 17th goal of the season.
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Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
Schörghofer observed that there has been major progress regarding water inside of rocks, based on the return samples from China's Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 near side and far side missions.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
On December 7, 2018, the Chinese launched Chang’e 4 (named for the moon goddess of Chinese mythology) into outer space and landed a probe, named Yutu-2, on the far side of the Moon.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Here is Carreras profiting from that exact ploy while playing for Benfica against Barcelona in the Champions League last season, sneaking forward on the far side before receiving the switch and hammering a low cross into striker Vangelis Pavlidis to score.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
Schörghofer observed that there has been major progress regarding water inside of rocks, based on the return samples from China's Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 near side and far side missions.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
On December 7, 2018, the Chinese launched Chang’e 4 (named for the moon goddess of Chinese mythology) into outer space and landed a probe, named Yutu-2, on the far side of the Moon.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Here is Carreras profiting from that exact ploy while playing for Benfica against Barcelona in the Champions League last season, sneaking forward on the far side before receiving the switch and hammering a low cross into striker Vangelis Pavlidis to score.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Far side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20side. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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