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Recent Examples of abroad
Adverb
Ironically, the ETFs, introduced in late May to broaden investment opportunities for retail traders and stem outflows into similar products abroad, have become a lightning rod for criticism and blamed for amplifying volatility. Youkyung Lee, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 Several Premier League clubs, including local rivals Sunderland, have shown the merits of buying youngsters from abroad and developing them. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 The episode was a stark reminder that Bass was abroad on a diplomatic trip in Ghana at the start of the deadly Palisades fire in Los Angeles in January 2025. Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Demonstrating the reactor at a national laboratory would provide technical and operational evidence for future projects abroad, while offering allies another option for reliable low-carbon power. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026 Three-year programs typically work by reducing the credit requirement from 120 down to 90 or 100, largely by trimming general education requirements, open electives, and the room for a double major or a semester abroad. Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 This year marked a major step in her recovery as the Princess of Wales undertook her first royal visit abroad since her diagnosis, visiting Reggio Emilia in northern Italy to learn about their approach to early childhood learning. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 The chaos also had ripple effects abroad, with Italy and France pledging to tighten their controls on people arriving from Spain. ABC News, 31 July 2026 Every competition category this year features more than 30 titles from India and abroad – the largest lineup in the festival’s history, organizers said. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abroad
Adverb
  • If enacted, legislation of this kind would fundamentally alter the business model of companies like Waymo, giving them no choice but to turn to human drivers in order to stay afloat in local markets.
    Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
  • He’s gone through ups and downs, and there’s a lot to learn from the world of Jon Banks as to how to stay afloat on this rollercoaster ride of a career.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Adverb
  • Any information placed on this secondary display had to be available on the regular screen, and any controls available had to be available elsewhere.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In keeping with that vision, the 2026-27 shows can be seen in college theater spaces, a regional theater in Branford and elsewhere.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Surrounded by flowers and nature with butterflies flying everywhere.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With more than 350 clients, Ghost Town is now everywhere and their customers rave about their work to move encampments that once held them hostage.
    Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, stylist Lexie Polito, co-owner of the luxury loungewear brand Sunshine Society, falls a little farther afield.
    Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026
  • Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, is a two-hour trip from London and a number of ticket-holders expressed their disappointment online, alleging to have arrived from as far afield as Canada.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • More recently, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, was killed on July 25 after he was hit by a stray bullet while riding his bike outside a Bronx bodega.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Family members have identified the man killed in a fast-moving house fire that tore through four homes in Lansdale, Pennsylvania early Friday as John Garchinsky, a retired Marine and Purple Heart recipient.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Adverb
  • That telepathy, between head coach and assistant, should put Deschamps’ sporting mind at rest even from afar.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • From afar, Silva, who lives in Iowa, has watched her sister’s anguish deepen with no word from her husband.
    Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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