as in remotest
most distant from a center
for privacy and quiet, we requested a hotel room that was farthest from the elevator
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Recent Examples of farthest
oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
At its farthest point, Jupiter is around 600 million miles away from Earth.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
Ty Roush, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The winter solstice occurs when a hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun, giving us less daylight than any other day of the year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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The comet Tempel-Tuttle, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1998, has just passed its farthest point from the sun and is now on its inbound leg of its journey around the sun.
—oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
At its farthest point, Jupiter is around 600 million miles away from Earth.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
Adverb
If using a regular camera, a wide-angle lens, high ISO value and focus set to the farthest possible setting will be able to photograph the phenomenon.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The winter solstice occurs when a hemisphere is tilted farthest from the sun, giving us less daylight than any other day of the year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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The Flip's top speed and operating distance are both limited when using the app to fly as well, so the drone isn't as zippy and can't range as far from your position versus using a remote, as communication is restricted to about 165 feet.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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These candidates’ rigorous academic and leadership training further enhances their appeal to admissions committees.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Be realistic The most uncomfortable truth of the last few days has been how quickly firefighting efforts were overwhelmed and outmatched by the extreme fire conditions, Cohen said.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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In other words, the atmosphere gets more thirsty as the climate warms, drawing more moisture from plants, and leading to more days with extreme fire weather conditions.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
12 Jan. 2025
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When pressed over the national security concerns about ByteDance, Trump shied away from saying for sure if a divestiture deal would be hammered out.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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In October, 1985, Lammy watched the TV coverage of a riot that broke out on the Broadwater Farm Estate, a social-housing project two streets away from his house, when a Black woman died of heart failure after her apartment was searched by the police.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Farthest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farthest. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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