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Recent Examples of abroad
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Going forward, Canadian parents of children born or adopted abroad beyond the first generation must have lived in Canada for at least three years before the child’s birth or adoption for citizenship to pass on, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
Woods’ attorney convinced a Florida court that his famous client needed to seek treatment abroad due to privacy concerns.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Going forward, Canadian parents of children born or adopted abroad beyond the first generation must have lived in Canada for at least three years before the child’s birth or adoption for citizenship to pass on, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Congress looks increasingly deadlocked, public opposition to his aggressive moves at home and abroad mounts, and the central issue for many Americans – cost-of-living concerns – defies easy solutions.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abroad
Adverb
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The genre may, for better or worse, prove essential in keeping movies and theaters afloat for the foreseeable future.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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The vessel remained afloat and drifted towards Libya's coast, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, a global conservation organization.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Health care providers regularly transfer those patients elsewhere, competing for spaces in other counties.—
ANNIKA MERRILEES,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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With three games left, the Nets are losing ground on the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings in the race for the best odds, even as individual players keep stacking auditions that matter to their futures, whether that’s in Brooklyn or elsewhere.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The lavish designs—velvet couches, massive headboards, opulent wallpaper, texture everywhere—were done by Jacques Garcia, famed for his lush and ultra-Parisian taste.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Longtime connection Machado gets booed everywhere.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Further afield, some of the steps are also on display in the Yoishii Foundation gardens in Yamanashi in Japan and another near the Statue of Liberty in New York.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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Farther afield, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn -- not to mention Earth -- were visible.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That mirrors the likely total awaiting the 10 Pac-12 legacy schools now scattered across the Big 12, Big Ten and ACC. Of the departed contingent, only Arizona is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament field as an at-large team.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pritchard, who’d notched three straight 20-point outings since replacing the departed Anfernee Simons as Boston’s second-unit quarterback, had six points on 2-of-9 shooting and was a minus-27.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The book’s obsessed with money and all the new ways that people can suddenly lose it (gambling) or make it (mysterious adventures afar).—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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People will be upbeat, breezy and eager to explore their surroundings or travel afar.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Harris, a retired Army general, pulled in more votes than Fuller, a district attorney, in last month's contest as Republicans split their votes among several candidates.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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