as in away
not close in time or space
growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places
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Recent Examples of faraway
Andriy becomes the last person in the universe until French woman Catherine calls him from the faraway space station.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Silversea is venturing into new (and rather faraway) territory.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Similarly, how a field ripples at a certain point can depend on a faraway ripple in some other field.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
In reconfirming the existence of that faraway world, ASTERIA became the smallest space instrument ever to detect an exoplanet.
—Mustafa Aksoy, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Silversea is venturing into new (and rather faraway) territory.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
Similarly, how a field ripples at a certain point can depend on a faraway ripple in some other field.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
In reconfirming the existence of that faraway world, ASTERIA became the smallest space instrument ever to detect an exoplanet.
—Mustafa Aksoy, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faraway
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The Hurricanes reside on top of their conference table with an away ACC tilt in Atlanta this Saturday against Georgia Tech.David Close, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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With Real Madrid’s away game against Valencia postponed due to the catastrophic flooding in the region, a win would see Flick’s squad open up a nine-point lead at the top of the league table.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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And for those who were curious about the fact that the actor and the author share a last name, yes — the late writer is a distant relative.Max Gao, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The decision fell to the House of Representatives, where a string of backroom machinations made John Quincy Adams president and distant runner-up Henry Clay the Secretary of State.Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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North Korean soldiers were dispersed in Vladivostok, as well as other far eastern cities of Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk for training last month, according to the NIS.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The city on the far coast was just visible through the haze.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The occasionally deep thinkers on the Grading The Week crew don’t mind coaches who refuse to stick to sports.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The rain will be history, but the cold will be even deeper.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, a significant crisis emerged last week when McDonald's removed Quarter Pounders from around 3,000 stores after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified slivered raw onions from a supplier as the likely source of E. coli contamination.Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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McDonald’s removed Quarter Pounders from its menu in Colorado and other affected states while health officials continue to investigate.Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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Don’t rely on maybes or the remote possibilities others suggest.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The report highlights a shift in consensus: Scientists once thought tipping points — like the collapse of AMOC — were distant or remote possibilities.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Faraway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faraway. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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