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many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places
the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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There is a visible bloom in the angle of view when shifting focus from a close to a far-off subject, an effect called focus breathing.
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PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
Their findings led them to infer hydrogen is absorbing the X-ray photons in the far-off host galaxy.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Two decades ago, Bush’s Republican Party chose to topple the far-off regime of Saddam Hussein.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation building.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
Their findings led them to infer hydrogen is absorbing the X-ray photons in the far-off host galaxy.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Two decades ago, Bush’s Republican Party chose to topple the far-off regime of Saddam Hussein.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation building.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for far-off
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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