as in mile
a long distance
the experienced birder was able to identify birds from afar
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Recent Examples of afar
Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Organizers might have had another, subtler motivation to look afar.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Noun
What has become of our beautiful-from-afar, but gross-up-close city?
—Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
Adverb
Gift options for moms afar and opportunities for reward members
In addition to the latest cup releases, Starbucks has created new gift cards in honor of mother figures that customers can buy at participating Starbucks stores from April 16 to May 14.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Organizers might have had another, subtler motivation to look afar.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afar
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On the daily bus ride to Harvard-Westlake, 20 miles to the west, Justin struck up a friendship with another Black student, a baseball player.Billy Witz, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Tijuana was just a few miles away, on the opposite side of the border.Mariana Martínez Barba, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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There’s a stillness in a cave that just can’t be replicated elsewhere.Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
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Eric Drott, an academic whose Streaming Music, Streaming Capital Pelly cites elsewhere, also writes about the widespread use of bots, click farms, spam, and soundalikes.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
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When the Beatles fell apart in 1970, Ringo took refuge in his boyhood country dreams, for the underrated solo album Beaucoups of Blues.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s sentencing also comes as his other criminal cases have fallen apart in the wake of his presidential win.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Suddenly, the dark shape of a Coast Guard patrol boat loomed barely 100 feet away.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Baratz acknowledged that one approach to quantum computing, called gate-based, may be decades away.Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Afar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afar. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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