from afar
idiom
: from a great distance
Their fans come from afar to watch them play.
the Earth as it is seen/viewed from afar
He loved/worshipped/admired her from afar.
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These drones are no longer operated from afar but embedded into trenches or smuggled deep into an adversary’s territory.
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Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
On the road, a chain-link fence blocked off a parking spot creating the illusion, from afar, that the store itself was blocked off.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
Members of Congress will return to their district offices, often holding events, meeting with constituents and discussing legislative business from afar.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 24 July 2025
And then, especially in the past several years, friends who stayed say: Honestly, this is kind of insulting—the way people keep talking about Lebanon from afar.
—Sahar Delijani
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
On the road, a chain-link fence blocked off a parking spot creating the illusion, from afar, that the store itself was blocked off.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
Members of Congress will return to their district offices, often holding events, meeting with constituents and discussing legislative business from afar.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 24 July 2025
And then, especially in the past several years, friends who stayed say: Honestly, this is kind of insulting—the way people keep talking about Lebanon from afar.
—Sahar Delijani
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for from afar
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“From afar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20afar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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