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
As grandpa was inking billion-dollar deals in faraway gleaming cities built in deserts, his daughter Tiffany gave birth to a baby boy, her first child, the president's 11th grandchild.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 May 2025
So, while things in Pittsburgh are up in the air, Crosby continues to play at a high level for Canada in a faraway land.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Are customers coming from far away? Small-business owners should ask whether customers are coming from faraway areas.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Eclectica Co-Production Companies: Vertigo Countries: Croatia, Slovenia On a faraway Dalmatian island in the 1920s Pogana, a woman from the inlands, is sold to be the new wife of a widowed sailor with five children.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 May 2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 May 2025
So, while things in Pittsburgh are up in the air, Crosby continues to play at a high level for Canada in a faraway land.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Are customers coming from far away? Small-business owners should ask whether customers are coming from faraway areas.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Eclectica Co-Production Companies: Vertigo Countries: Croatia, Slovenia On a faraway Dalmatian island in the 1920s Pogana, a woman from the inlands, is sold to be the new wife of a widowed sailor with five children.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faraway
Adjective
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The expansion San Diego club announced Friday that the fans are prohibited from attending home and away matches.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Mbappe became only the third Madrid player to score an away hat-trick against Barcelona but could only watch as his team lost 4-3 and squandered any chance of retaining their La Liga title from the previous season.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Until recently, restoring meaningful vision for these patients was a distant dream.—
Shelli Brunswick,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Eventually, technology allows these distant intimates to share a frame.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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The street was lined with the most opulent homes in town, but the Fitzgeralds occupied a modest rental at the far end of the row.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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The sheer volume of content created far outpaces what audiences can consume, leading to a noisy, crowded digital ecosystem.—
Luca Brinkhues,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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The logo features a deep red hue, recognizable to car enthusiasts and collectors worldwide.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 June 2025
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The mission aimed to deploy eight Starlink simulator satellites and test the vehicle's reentry system with 100 removed heat-shield tiles.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
28 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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On a remote island in northern Norway, metal detectorists stumbled upon a pair of bronze treasures.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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After all, there exist legions who will not miss the biennial festival for anything in the world—those of us who, religiously and ritualistically, take planes, trains and automobiles to reach a remote fishing village in Jamaica where some 3000 people gather in the name of the holy word.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faraway. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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