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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They are controlled from afar via a Starlink connection and can be pre-programmed for the long journeys across the Black Sea.
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Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Peppler manages to offer both a practical guide to place and a way to (almost) replicate it from afar.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025
The excitement was also prevalent online as fans watched from afar.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Or maybe because everyone who could only witness the act from afar was already planning their own Canard à la Presse adventure.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Eve Brennan, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Peppler manages to offer both a practical guide to place and a way to (almost) replicate it from afar.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025
The excitement was also prevalent online as fans watched from afar.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Or maybe because everyone who could only witness the act from afar was already planning their own Canard à la Presse adventure.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 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 18 May. 2025.
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