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as in indirectly
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Recent Examples of distantly
Kane reflects on Fitzgerald’s decision to travel to Mexico with her son Valpy, a prospective heir for sisters there who are distantly connected to their family.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The surrounding badlands provide the perfect habitat for a wealth of cactus species, while mammals span from mule deer to the pronghorn, an antelope-like animal that’s distantly related to modern-day giraffes.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
In Gozo, residents peacefully sweep their doorsteps while church bells toll distantly in the background.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, UC Santa Cruz, Cornell University and other institutions published a paper suggesting that a type of virus distantly related to parvovirus, the cause of feline distemper in cats and canine parvovirus in dogs, might be behind the die-off.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The surrounding badlands provide the perfect habitat for a wealth of cactus species, while mammals span from mule deer to the pronghorn, an antelope-like animal that’s distantly related to modern-day giraffes.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
In Gozo, residents peacefully sweep their doorsteps while church bells toll distantly in the background.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, UC Santa Cruz, Cornell University and other institutions published a paper suggesting that a type of virus distantly related to parvovirus, the cause of feline distemper in cats and canine parvovirus in dogs, might be behind the die-off.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distantly
Adverb
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This Western technology has allowed Kazakh children to learn remotely while using Microsoft 365 products.—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The newest release comes with a fix for a major vulnerability that can see hackers gain access to your device and remotely install malicious code.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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The birds, the flowers, the trees, the soil—each of these entities had a history that preceded its current state, and each stage of that history was informed by both regeneration and violence, and political and environmental factors that impacted it directly and indirectly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Distantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distantly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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