distantly

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Recent Examples of distantly 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
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Adverb
  • Bochy is too smart to remotely suggest something like that.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bad actors could take over a Jeep remotely with a cell phone, drive away with a Tesla Model 3 using simple hacking tools, or open, start and track connected vehicles from Kia, Skoda, Toyota and many other makers.
    Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.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, 5 Sep. 2025
  • What surprised many on Wall Street was how much Google appears to benefit indirectly from the rapid progress of its rivals.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Distantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distantly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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