as in away
not close in time or space
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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Recent Examples of faraway
City dwellers in an urban landscape bursting with skyscrapers, rushing traffic, and the cacophony of planes, helicopters and sirens, perhaps especially appreciate the opportunity to duck into a movie theater and be transported to the wilds of faraway oceans and continents.
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John Calvelli, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
If cinema for more than 100 years was about the portal to a faraway world (who represents that better than Miyazaki?) and social media for the last two decades about putting ourselves at the center of the drama, OpenAI’s new tool brings them into perfect convergence.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Few knew where, exactly, but few cared—it had been wrested from some faraway land, and that’s what counted.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Two teams observed dozens of faraway supernovas and found that the most distant ones had traveled even farther from our Milky Way galaxy than had been expected.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
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John Calvelli, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
If cinema for more than 100 years was about the portal to a faraway world (who represents that better than Miyazaki?) and social media for the last two decades about putting ourselves at the center of the drama, OpenAI’s new tool brings them into perfect convergence.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025
Few knew where, exactly, but few cared—it had been wrested from some faraway land, and that’s what counted.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Two teams observed dozens of faraway supernovas and found that the most distant ones had traveled even farther from our Milky Way galaxy than had been expected.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faraway
Adjective
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In both their series against Pumas and Monterrey, the Whitecaps tied the first leg at home, then scored in extra time to tie the second leg and advance on away goals.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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At the final whistle, a goal by Akpom having sealed a 2-0 win for the away side, Bentaleb’s team-mates and members of the Lille coaching staff flocked towards him one by one.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Or maybe one dreams of leaving a dying Earth to colonize Mars or other distant planets.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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But for the church officials and the families at Holy Family Church, the pope was not a distant religious figure in a faraway country, but a daily presence.—
Bilal Shbeir,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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Her parents were at pretty much every game, whether just across town or in the far corners of the state.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Orioles scored the first run of the game in the second inning when Ramón Laureano ripped an RBI double to deep center.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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This track leans on deep bass in the form of a bass synth.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Whether Trump’s removed portrait in Colorado faces a similar fate is unclear.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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The American Federation of Teachers filed its lawsuit after the ED removed and paused applications for IDR plans, a move the department said was necessary following a ruling by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Shapes More Culturally Open Campaigns Our remote agency’s culture fosters benefits like better work-life balance, increased productivity and overall happier employees.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faraway. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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