at a distance of
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—used to describe how far away something is
He spotted the group at a distance of one mile.
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The probe will fly past the asteroid at a distance of 0.6 miles, using two black-and-white cameras to snap pictures.
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Controllers also must pass a hearing test and have 20/20 or better vision in each eye, with or without corrective lenses, for objects at long distances and 20/40 or better vision in each eye at a distance of 16 inches.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 Universal Time (UT), at a distance of 8.7 million miles (14 million km) from the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The asteroid is expected to soar past us at a distance of 2,640,000 miles.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Controllers also must pass a hearing test and have 20/20 or better vision in each eye, with or without corrective lenses, for objects at long distances and 20/40 or better vision in each eye at a distance of 16 inches.
—Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 Universal Time (UT), at a distance of 8.7 million miles (14 million km) from the sun.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The asteroid is expected to soar past us at a distance of 2,640,000 miles.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“At a distance of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20distance%20of. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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