from afar
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: 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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This isn’t a place designed to impress from afar; it’s meant to be felt and experienced.
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Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Most Miami Beach residents have probably seen, at least from afar, the memorial’s sculpture of a giant outstretched arm reaching to the sky as hundreds of small human figures cling to it and each other with expressions of agony.
—Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
The steppe went on and on, and any danger in it could be spotted from afar.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Jota has watched from afar since and been surprised to see Forest’s struggle.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Most Miami Beach residents have probably seen, at least from afar, the memorial’s sculpture of a giant outstretched arm reaching to the sky as hundreds of small human figures cling to it and each other with expressions of agony.
—Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
The steppe went on and on, and any danger in it could be spotted from afar.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Jota has watched from afar since and been surprised to see Forest’s struggle.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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“From afar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20afar. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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