far-flung
adjective
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
Recent Examples on the Web
More than 1,000 Starbucks workers will go on strike at about 65 stores scattered across states as far-flung as California, Texas and Pennsylvania, Starbucks Workers United (SWU), the union representing the workers, told ABC News in a statement.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Trump has also positioned himself as the indispensable global statesman by driving efforts to bring peace to other, often far-flung and long-standing disputes.
—Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
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
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Trump has also positioned himself as the indispensable global statesman by driving efforts to bring peace to other, often far-flung and long-standing disputes.
—Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for far-flung
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“Far-flung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-flung. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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