light-year

as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us

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Recent Examples of light-year Arcturus is 37 light-years away from Earth or just under 215 trillion miles away. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025 The album title is a reference to a red supergiant star 10,000 light-years away from Earth. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025 Nearby glows the red eye of Taurus the Bull, the star of Aldebaran, only 65 light-years away. IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for light-year
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Noun
  • In fact, there was a feeling that world football lacked not merely great teams, but great players.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Goldberg-Polin has become a global advocate for the remaining hostages, meeting with world leaders and speaking publicly about her loss.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Revealing a whopping 780,000+ galaxies, some would inevitably be co-aligned with background objects.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Comet Lemmon, a green comet from outside of our galaxy, was discovered in January 2025.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Light-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-year. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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