as in mile
a long distance
the experienced birder was able to identify birds from afar
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Recent Examples of afar
Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
According to Front Office Sports, this has been a point of contention and there are speculative reasons for why Sanders is standing afar.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
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Noun
The compact, boho-style bag is ideal for festivals, keeping documents safe and for adventures afar.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
According to Front Office Sports, this has been a point of contention and there are speculative reasons for why Sanders is standing afar.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Adverb
What has become of our beautiful-from-afar, but gross-up-close city?
—Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afar
Noun
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At the time of their deaths, the girls lived with their mother in Wenatchee in Chelan County, about 150 miles east of Seattle.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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With tours abroad becoming increasingly common, the genre’s reach now extends to the Cuban diaspora.—
Ana González Vilá,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg reported a Kremlin plot to undermine Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) which included recruiting Moldovans abroad to vote, deploying people to stage disruptive protests, and a social media disinformation campaign.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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While acknowledging that Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2 will travel further afield than Australia and venture overseas, Elliott refuses to reveal more.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Since then, dozens of countries, as far afield as the United Kingdom, have supported the ruling, underscoring the global importance of these waterways.—
SUSANNAH PATTON,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But chances are, his heart is elsewhere—specifically, two hours south to the Sussex coast.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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But in addition to higher earnings and better employment prospects, getting a degree is the ticket to social mobility, allowing graduates from diverse backgrounds to climb the economic ladder — an opportunity that is unmatched elsewhere.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As a young man, Mthethwa campaigned against apartheid, a racist policy that kept Blacks and Whites apart, and grew through the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC) party, which fought for democratic rule in South Africa.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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But putting things this way only underscores the oddity of setting ourselves apart, of measuring all things against one species’ standard—that species being ours.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This fall, 350 miles away, in the ancient city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, staged its first contemporary art Biennale.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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For educator LaKenya Mitchell-Grace, the shift away from personalized to standardized learning has done more harm than good.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Afar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afar. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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