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
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
Here’s where to find them, listed from closest to Dallas-Fort Worth to farthest.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
At its farthest point, Jupiter is around 600 million miles away from Earth.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
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Adjective
Both the surface ridges and edge serrations showed promise for minimizing noise, per the simulation– especially for the low frequencies that travel farthest under water.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
Here’s where to find them, listed from closest to Dallas-Fort Worth to farthest.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
Adverb
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
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Adverb
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Over the past 22 months, many authors have put their careers on the line to speak out against the Gaza genocide, but Rooney has decided to go a step further.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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Yet Oyeyemi sometimes seems to go further, endorsing a relativism so deep that even provisional consensus is out of reach.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The danger will remain at very high or extreme levels during the weekend and Monday, days when the heatwave affecting us since the beginning of the month continues.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The costs of extreme weather, supply chain disruptions, and falling labor productivity are all visible on the horizon, with ample academic research to back them up.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The theft occurred at the new church site near the intersection of Old Weatherford Road and Rolling Creek Run, which is a couple of miles away from the current church location.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Aug. 2025
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When moisture comes into contact with this fabric, it’s quickly absorbed and wicked away from the skin.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Aug. 2025
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