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as in lengths
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles
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as in expanses
a wide space or area
a region marked by great, featureless distances
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Recent Examples of distances
Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
This nickel detection was unexpected at such large distances, where temperatures remain extremely cold.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Observations of galactic distances and redshifts validate an expanding Universe.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles—nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Future experiments, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US and Japan’s Hyper-Kamiokande, are expected to build on this foundation and offer even longer baselines and more powerful detectors to trace how neutrinos shift flavors across greater distances.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Respecting wildlife is especially critical right now, since there are fewer staff to enforce maintaining safe distances or to respond to emergencies.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles – nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Traveling alone, even short distances, builds confidence and reminds you that your own company is enough to make an experience memorable.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, collecting bones and transporting them over great distances.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
This nickel detection was unexpected at such large distances, where temperatures remain extremely cold.
—Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Observations of galactic distances and redshifts validate an expanding Universe.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles—nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Future experiments, including the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in the US and Japan’s Hyper-Kamiokande, are expected to build on this foundation and offer even longer baselines and more powerful detectors to trace how neutrinos shift flavors across greater distances.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Respecting wildlife is especially critical right now, since there are fewer staff to enforce maintaining safe distances or to respond to emergencies.
—AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles – nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Traveling alone, even short distances, builds confidence and reminds you that your own company is enough to make an experience memorable.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distances
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The pants come in four inseam lengths, from 28 to 34 inches, and a wide range of fun colors.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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While Mizmo and his reactions to realistic bird cakes are fake, the lengths pet owners will go to celebrate their animal companions are very real.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Never mind its name, extreme temperatures, and vast expanses of desert—there are also stones that move on their own.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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WindBorne Systems But hurricane hunters can fly only so many missions, and most storms develop in places that aircraft can’t safely reach, such as over vast ocean expanses.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Oct. 2025
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The series then retreats to 2019 to trace the circumstances that led to these killings, building toward the inevitability of Maggie and Paul’s death and filtering the whole family through a lens of catastrophe, where every member is either ill-fated or devious.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The experience inspired the setting and plot for Duma Key, his 2008 novel set in a similar locale, where its protagonist retreats to heal from an accident.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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The bill also ditches the burdensome cover-up requirement for claims against individuals.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Dion, with her blond bombshell waves, ditches her microphone for the glass potion bottle, holding it firmly to the sky.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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More distant spacings will leave gaps in the bed.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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These expansions allow indies to tap into more complex gameplay and storytelling formats.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Prime Pizza is slated to open a second Orange County location in Brea in early 2026, with expansions in Thousand Oaks, Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside to follow.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Both are expected to reopen soon, possibly as early as Thursday, once the water recedes and the pools can be refilled with spring water.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the tide recedes from the Bay of Rest, mud flats lined with mangrove trees are left exposed.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In California, the warning is in effect for southeastern counties, with temperatures forecast to reach 111 F in Indian Wells Valley; and 115 F in Coachella Valley and San Diego County deserts.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Distances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distances. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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