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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What’s wrong with being uncomfortable and plowing through demanding texts that challenge us to think about bygone times, far-off places and painful emotions, poignantly expressed?
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
One goal of astronomy is to build a telescope powerful enough to actually see details such as surface features and cloud patterns on distant exoplanets, those far-off worlds that orbit other stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The captain was punished with a transfer to a town where car number plates started with the letters OK and where people from far-off districts came to get their vehicles registered.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
For the rest of the century, the front line was just as likely a far-off mine as an actual battlefield.
—Thomas Robertson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
One goal of astronomy is to build a telescope powerful enough to actually see details such as surface features and cloud patterns on distant exoplanets, those far-off worlds that orbit other stars.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
The captain was punished with a transfer to a town where car number plates started with the letters OK and where people from far-off districts came to get their vehicles registered.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
For the rest of the century, the front line was just as likely a far-off mine as an actual battlefield.
—Thomas Robertson, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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