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some distance

idiom

: not a short way
The nearest gas station is some distance away.

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Now sitting pretty at 8-2, New England has put some distance between itself and the 6-3 Bills atop the AFC East, while Tampa has dropped two of its last three games after getting off to a 5-1 start. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025 Wyatt gave Minnie some distance, which made sense after Kylie spoke about her eldest daughter’s hesitancy around characters at the theme park. Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025 Adjaye Associates is a company with more than 100 architects in offices on three continents, and when these two clients scrambled to put some distance between themselves and the founder, one of his partners, Pascale Sablan, and another firm, Cooper Robertson, took the lead on both. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025 While the region is quite some distance from Rome, regional train lines and the nearest airport, in Brindisi, can get you there. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for some distance

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“Some distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20distance. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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