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as in indirectly
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Recent Examples of distantly
Beatific, powerful, a holy mediatrix, distantly beloved.
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Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Rick is in a shopping mall, riding the escalator, and hears the song echoing distantly on the mall’s sound system.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Despite some birdlike traits, alvarezsaurs were only distantly related to birds.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Both botanical families fall under the Solanales order, so the tubers are distantly related.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
The herbivores are distantly related to deer and cows.
—Daniel Hunt
january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Lupton was distantly related to the sixth president of the university, Nathaniel Thomas Lupton, who served from 1871 to 1874.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Thomas explains that the full moon (which is also a supermoon this month) is distantly opposite both Venus and Mars.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
It is related only quite distantly to our white potato (Solanum tuberosum).
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Rick is in a shopping mall, riding the escalator, and hears the song echoing distantly on the mall’s sound system.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Despite some birdlike traits, alvarezsaurs were only distantly related to birds.
—Reuters, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
Both botanical families fall under the Solanales order, so the tubers are distantly related.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
The herbivores are distantly related to deer and cows.
—Daniel Hunt
january 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Lupton was distantly related to the sixth president of the university, Nathaniel Thomas Lupton, who served from 1871 to 1874.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
Thomas explains that the full moon (which is also a supermoon this month) is distantly opposite both Venus and Mars.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
It is related only quite distantly to our white potato (Solanum tuberosum).
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distantly
Adverb
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Other provisions in the new rules include requiring that companies give first responders a way to manually override autonomous driving systems, and to speak remotely with company support staff within 30 seconds in case of an incident.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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In other words, Emery wanted to avoid anything remotely similar to PSG versus Bayern.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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Buarque and Jobim’s Sabiá was indirectly political, speaking of exile, a bird singing in a foreign land—but the public wanted a more direct confrontation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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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,
6 May 2026
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“Distantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distantly. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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