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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far cry
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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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