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adjective

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Recent Examples of abroad
Adverb
Immigration lawyers predict that an early, high-profile case will be used to set precedent and signal deterrence, even as industry groups warn that tighter enforcement and new visa costs could drive more high-skilled work abroad. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 More people abroad are paying attention and want to come to Tokyo. Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE. MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abroad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abroad
Adverb
  • Displacing 80,000 tons, the Fujian is the closest thing afloat to the US Navy’s 97,000-ton Nimitz-class carriers, which make up 10 of the 11 carriers in the US fleet.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Last week, the Agriculture Department issued temporary emergency funds to keep afloat the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in Wisconsin, known as WIC.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Eddy cited bans on transgender women in women's soccer elsewhere, like England's Football Association (FA), as examples to follow.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The lack of sufficient post-conflict planning—about what would happen after Gaddafi’s regime was toppled—curbed enthusiasm for future collective security efforts in Syria and elsewhere.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death.
    Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats didn’t start the year expecting to borrow tricks from Newsom, the embodiment of the sort of California liberalism that Republicans everywhere else like to run against.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • From remodels to new construction, or family homes to vacation retreats, The Residency Bureau takes on projects of all sizes and types, working with clients both locally and further afield.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
  • From further afield in Piedmont and in their thirties, Alessio and Sara are completely blue with colored contact lenses representing their characters from James Cameron’s Avatar.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • But with Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac taking the majority of the shots instead of the departed Paul George and a rehabilitating Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers score 45.9 percent of their points in the paint (fifth in NBA).
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • These spirits not only provide a thoughtful toast to the departed but also serve as a reminder of Mexico’s deep traditions and reverence for the past.
    Rachel King, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • That appreciation came from afar at first, with Eze signed at the height of the pandemic.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Some hotels even launched private members’ programs at that time, adding a localized source of revenue less reliant on guests coming from afar.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • Earlier this month, Augie Cowan, a 57-year-old retired psychiatric technician, announced that the Caitlin Manor Haunted House had been shut down by the city of San Bernardino.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Social Security benefits – paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired – are typically paid on Wednesdays.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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