as in worlds
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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Noun
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Instead of being purely technical or purely soft, these skills bridge both worlds.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025 -
Fast forward and that kid is a two-time gold medalist with USA Hockey, first at U18 worlds and then at last year’s World Juniors.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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However, the image ended up being so deep—and revealed so many galaxies—that some of the individual objects began to merge and become indistinguishable from each other.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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As one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, about 210,000 light years away according to NASA, the SMC allowed the research team to identify and track roughly 7,000 massive stars within it.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Light-years.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-years. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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