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far and away

adverb

: by a considerable margin
was far and away the better team

Examples of far and away in a Sentence

that Mexican restaurant is far and away the best in the area
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The once beleaguered sector is far and away the top performer in the fourth quarter and is closing in on industrials for fourth place this year. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025 This is the sport far and away more than any other sport on a college campus. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025 The United States was, at that point, far and away the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and, in negotiations leading up to the summit, it had widely been seen as dragging its feet. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 Now running for three seasons after the launch of the third chapter of Alice in Borderland in late September, Sato’s passion project has garnered him international notoriety, with the series by far and away the most successful Japanese original project from Netflix. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for far and away

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of far and away was in 1830

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“Far and away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20and%20away. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

far and away

adverb
: by a great extent or degree
was far and away the better team
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