far cry

as in mile
a long distance the hotel is a far cry from the train station, so you'd better call a cab

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Recent Examples of far cry That’s a far cry form the three years offered to the Pixel 6. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Things To Do Subscriber Exclusive His character's brutal willingness to cover up a homicide while two-timing his wife is a far, far cry from Freddie Prinze Jr.'s usual mighty nice guys. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 22 July 2024 That’s a far cry form the three years offered to the Pixel 6. Ewan Spence, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Stone’s performance as Bella in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things was zany, absurd, out there, and a far cry form her previous performances. Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for far cry
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Noun
  • In June, Khoury rejected an offer from Honda to settle his case for $1,000, saying that replacing the minivan’s tires around every 25,000 miles would cost much more than that.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
  • While ’Oumuamua was estimated to have a diameter of 0.19 miles (0.3 kilometers), Borisov’s was 3.7 miles (6 kilometers).
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Simply plug it in and safeguard your valuable data for the long haul, transferring with rapid read and write speeds.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
  • If the favorite achieves the three-peat, its going to be another long haul flight to the trophy.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025

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“Far cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far%20cry. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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