Examples of far-off in a Sentence
many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places
the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Drop the reference now and some of the old heads will nod and smile knowingly, before staring into some far-off place as awful memories of what once was play in their minds.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
By 2026, what seemed like a far-off horizon in 2024 is beginning to show real progress.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Observations from an astronomer in Japan suggest that a relatively small celestial object in that far-off region does indeed have a thin atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
To pin our hopes on some far-off carbon capture technology is wishful thinking.
—Tom Caffery, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 June 2026
By 2026, what seemed like a far-off horizon in 2024 is beginning to show real progress.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Observations from an astronomer in Japan suggest that a relatively small celestial object in that far-off region does indeed have a thin atmosphere.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 May 2026
To pin our hopes on some far-off carbon capture technology is wishful thinking.
—Tom Caffery, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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