as in away
not close in time or space
many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Recent Examples of far-off
That with nearly full employment voters would care more about the far-off prospect of creating manufacturing jobs rather than the several thousand dollars more a year tariffs would cost them?
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
What once seemed like a far-off frontier may soon become one of the most commercially important whisky markets in the world.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In a far-off city, all our heroes teamed up to defeat an invading empire and kill the evil immortal sorcerer guiding their invasion, all while exorcising their own various demons or taking on some new ones.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
For the new study, University of Ottawa ecologist Megan S. Reich and her colleagues captured 40 butterflies and discerned their far-off birthplaces based on variants, or isotopes, of the chemical elements hydrogen and strontium in their wings—thereby finding the true long-haulers.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
What once seemed like a far-off frontier may soon become one of the most commercially important whisky markets in the world.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In a far-off city, all our heroes teamed up to defeat an invading empire and kill the evil immortal sorcerer guiding their invasion, all while exorcising their own various demons or taking on some new ones.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
For the new study, University of Ottawa ecologist Megan S. Reich and her colleagues captured 40 butterflies and discerned their far-off birthplaces based on variants, or isotopes, of the chemical elements hydrogen and strontium in their wings—thereby finding the true long-haulers.
—Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-off
Adjective
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There is no better experience than spending the day at your favorite team's stadium or even hitting the road to watch the squad play in one of the many iconic away stadiums across the league.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Prior to Monday’s report, the Commanders had been a team rumored to be the away team against the Dolphins.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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Dan, who secured 20.89% in the first round, was a distant second.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
19 May 2025
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Its Dragonfly mission will launch in July 2028 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and reach the distant moon in 2034.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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In the far west, where Fort Worth dips into Parker County, the Walsh and Veale Ranch communities are expected to house roughly 80,000 residents.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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As for McTominay, the midfielder’s movement towards the far post prevents Giorgio Scalvini from following Politano and keeps De Roon in a more central position.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Simone is damaged and buoyant simultaneously, and the young actress shows a deep maturity in the portrayal of the character's complex mental and emotional state.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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But according to recent discoveries made at volcanoes in Hawai’i, trace amounts of some of those coveted metals are seeping up from the planet’s deepest reaches.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Colorful Bocas Town is lively, with a concentrated center of bars, restaurants, and shops, but more remote reaches of the island are home to forests, beaches, and even boutique resorts with luxe overwater bungalows.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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Messier 4, meanwhile, is even more remote, sitting some 5,500 light-years from our planet.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
10 May 2025
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After aeration, your lawn will look uniformly punctured (ready for yard fertilizer or grass seed) and may be spotted with clumps of removed soil.—
Kate Puhala,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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Among those being targeted for deportation are the approximately 1.4 million individuals who have already been ordered removed but remain in the U.S. illegally.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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