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
The Final Four is in sigh For many hopeful young athletes, the chance to play for a national championship no longer feels like a far-off dream.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Pink noise is considered balanced and consistent (think of a far-off waterfall) though not as mid-range as green noise.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
He’s swiftly pressed into duty training the astronauts who will be sent on a mission to a far-off star for research and hopefully resolutions.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Residents fled on foot, walking hours through far-off mountains with little more than the clothes on their backs.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Pink noise is considered balanced and consistent (think of a far-off waterfall) though not as mid-range as green noise.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
He’s swiftly pressed into duty training the astronauts who will be sent on a mission to a far-off star for research and hopefully resolutions.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Residents fled on foot, walking hours through far-off mountains with little more than the clothes on their backs.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-off
Adjective
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Most of the queries Hoggatt received Saturday morning were about why a league champion was playing a first-round away game against a team that had finished lower in its league’s standings.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Their final away game might not look great but Chelsea are on one of the worst runs in the club’s history, losing the last six games while conceding 14 goals and scoring only one.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The hotel is on a block next to a major road, but the noise is more of a distant city hum than a nuisance.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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The forces shaping our lives can often feel distant, abstract, and impossible to grasp — but through adventure, investigation, and deeply human storytelling, The Human Element inspires a sense of hope and connection.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The Sixers had momentum — a chance to steal (yes, steal) a game against a far (yes, far) superior Knicks team and salvage what was left of their playoff hopes after ceding the first two games of the second-round series at Madison Square Garden.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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And this also explains some of the fear that Reform, which is hovering around the twenties in national polls, could potentially lead the next government, whereas the German far-right party, the AfD, is also polling in the twenties but has no chance to form the next government.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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September 23 – October 22 A deeper feeling could interrupt your attempt to keep things light.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Benjamín Echazarreta’s cinematography is alert to the workaday energy of the hotel as well as the eerie beauty of the setting, with its mix of fairy-tale wonder and bone-deep dread.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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First contact with Biami tribe During an expedition in a remote part of New Guinea, aired in 1971, Attenborough and his BBC crew made contact with the previously unknown Biami tribe.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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In Nagoro, a remote village in Tokushima Prefecture, the population has dipped from 300+ to less than 30.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Ahsem Kabir, a musician who lives nearby, stopped by the building on Wednesday to check out the removed door handles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This member of the Unbound Collection by Hyatt feels more removed than most places in the Catskills, helped by the fact that there are only a small number of accommodations spread across a large property.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far-off. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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