as in away
not close in time or space
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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Recent Examples of far-off
Combating The Threat Clearly, GPS spoofing is no longer a hypothetical problem, nor one limited to far-off zones of conflict.
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Eric Updyke, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The $5 billion Europa Clipper represents years of work and ambition to find out if the far-off moon could possibly support life.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Each photo in the series showcases a different host—someone from a far-off country with a unique story, job, and lifestyle.
—Skye Battles, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
In that part of the West the boys had never even heard of Thanksgiving, and their elders knew of it only as a festival of far-off New England.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
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Eric Updyke, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The $5 billion Europa Clipper represents years of work and ambition to find out if the far-off moon could possibly support life.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Each photo in the series showcases a different host—someone from a far-off country with a unique story, job, and lifestyle.
—Skye Battles, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2024
In that part of the West the boys had never even heard of Thanksgiving, and their elders knew of it only as a festival of far-off New England.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-off
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Five times this season Dortmund have conceded the first goal during an away game in the Bundesliga.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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While Swift has not attended a single away game of the 2024—2025 season, she's only missed one home game that directly conflicted with her final Eras Tour concert in Vancouver.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
18 Jan. 2025
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Only the families that did not have second homes or relations in distant lands sent their daughters onto the ship.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Only the Colorado Rockies, a distant 20th at $129.9 million, have decided not to join in the spending.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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From far Western Europe, the partial lunar eclipse phase preceding totality will be most of the main event.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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In response to the rise of populism or the far right, the centrist parties tend to close ranks, and that in turn strengthens both far-left and far-right parties even more.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2025
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Updating leadership programs requires a deeper alignment with organizational strategies and critical processes.—
Dave Barnett,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Motivated by a deep empathy for the homeless crisis gripping his nation and keen to highlight the problem, the electrician set off on a solo 4000km run across the vast continent, starting at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach and ending at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after 47 days.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ireland, 23, a tourist from Virginia, was visiting a remote part of the Big Island when she was found along a fishing trail, raped and beaten and barely alive.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some attribute it to the rise of remote work, as fewer people are worried about their tattoos peeking out from under business attire.—
Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
23 Jan. 2025
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Multiple storage lockers at the facility were found with removed locks and missing gear.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
11 Jan. 2025
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In the Manhattan fire, Gaffney used a removed door as a shield to move through a raging fire to find a pregnant woman and a child, who were both unconscious.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far-off. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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