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as in indirectly
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Recent Examples of distantly
Too much traffic, too much vertigo, too many incomplete explanations because everyone was trying to feign a composure that no one, not even the most distantly related, could maintain.
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Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 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
Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 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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The judge called for a Haitian-Creole translator, who joined the hearing remotely seven minutes later.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 2025
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Spain needs a third force because no other club in La Liga are remotely positioned to bother Madrid or Barcelona long term, and Saturday’s result should give Xabi Alonso pause for thought.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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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,
4 Oct. 2025
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The money for movies is allocated indirectly, through independent foundations, such as the Israel Film Fund.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Distantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distantly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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