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as in absence
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Recent Examples of remoteness
But locals embrace the town’s remoteness, enjoying the alpine trails that begin right off Main Street, the legendary ski terrain, and a downtown that hums with old mining town charm.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Evacuations slowed and complicated by remoteness Initially, many of the displaced sheltered in schools throughout the region.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Part of the town’s magic is in its remoteness and resistance to commercialization.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The resort’s remoteness meant that mainland safaris to baobab forests and lemur sanctuaries required a (pricy) helicopter hop, but there was enough to keep us busy on Nosy Ankao and its neighboring islets.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Besides its remoteness from Earth, Enceladus has kept so many of its secrets for so long because the Cassini orbiter wasn’t really designed for such deep scrutiny of a single, specific object.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
With its remoteness, the forest makes for an ideal spot to take in the Northern Lights, with nearby waterbodies like Lake Pend Oreille providing beautiful reflections of the light show.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The sheriff's office said due to the remoteness of the location, significant logistics were involved in Wayment's rescue.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Evacuations slowed and complicated by remoteness Initially, many of the displaced sheltered in schools throughout the region.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
The same fate could be a possibility for snow leopards in the event of any habitat changes -- even in the absence of human encroachment due to the remoteness of their range.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Part of the town’s magic is in its remoteness and resistance to commercialization.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The resort’s remoteness meant that mainland safaris to baobab forests and lemur sanctuaries required a (pricy) helicopter hop, but there was enough to keep us busy on Nosy Ankao and its neighboring islets.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Besides its remoteness from Earth, Enceladus has kept so many of its secrets for so long because the Cassini orbiter wasn’t really designed for such deep scrutiny of a single, specific object.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
With its remoteness, the forest makes for an ideal spot to take in the Northern Lights, with nearby waterbodies like Lake Pend Oreille providing beautiful reflections of the light show.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The sheriff's office said due to the remoteness of the location, significant logistics were involved in Wayment's rescue.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness
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That distance is equivalent to about 1 percent of the distance from Earth to the Sun.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Breathing bridge with hip lift Begin on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor, hip-distance apart, holding a foam yoga block or rolled towel between your knees.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many Federal Aviation Administration facilities are so critically short on controllers that just a few absences can cause disruptions, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that more air traffic controllers have been calling in sick since the shutdown began.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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That won’t be the case this season; the Lakers are all-in on Luka heliocentricism, with James’ early absence due to sciatica making that commitment even more necessary.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Whereas therapy looks backward to heal, and self-help often floats in abstraction, Space of mind looks forward, quantifying how identity, beliefs, and emotions evolve over time.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Incorporating elements of the female figure in abstraction, Miró originally envisioned this piece as a small, table top sized figurine and not the massive bronze sculpture it would be come, according to an article by Christie’s.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Gold withdrawals from the Shanghai Gold Exchange surged in September, hitting a monthly tally of 118 tonnes, up both month over month and year over year.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Fischer of Vertanical notes there were no signs of dependency or withdrawal.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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This inclination toward solitude appears to stem from underestimating others’ willingness to engage and unawareness of how much of a lift a mere social exchange can provide.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Lane attacked Wilkins, choking her into unconsciousness and cutting open her womb.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Loomis categorized the different types of brain waves into what became known as sleep states, and created a nomenclature to describe the phases of unconsciousness.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the most common type of surgery, doctors aim to stabilize abnormal parts of the retina that can cause bleeding, swelling or detachment.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Now, the filmmaker’s latest effort shows characteristic daring in its detachment.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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There is a sort of beautiful obliviousness to Mann’s turn as Liz.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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There is total and telling obliviousness to his giant flat-screen television, tuned to the SEC Network and a women’s soccer match between Arkansas and … Notre Dame.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Remoteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoteness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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