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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One slug had broken a shoulder; the other had gone in between two ribs, plowed through the lungs, and lodged against a rib on the far side.
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Bill Thomas, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2025
The shoe thing can be especially frustrating because finding a place on the far side of the security to sit down with all your stuff and re-tie your shoes isn’t always easy.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Building telescopes on the far side of the Moon would be the greatest astronomical challenge ever considered by humanity.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
One hypothesis, however, goes back to four billion years ago, at the creation of the South Pole-Aitken basin, the massive crater on the moon’s far side where the samples were collected.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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Bill Thomas, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2025
The shoe thing can be especially frustrating because finding a place on the far side of the security to sit down with all your stuff and re-tie your shoes isn’t always easy.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Building telescopes on the far side of the Moon would be the greatest astronomical challenge ever considered by humanity.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
One hypothesis, however, goes back to four billion years ago, at the creation of the South Pole-Aitken basin, the massive crater on the moon’s far side where the samples were collected.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Far side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20side. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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