as in remotest
most distant from a center
for privacy and quiet, we requested a hotel room that was farthest from the elevator
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Recent Examples of farthest
oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
At its farthest point, Jupiter is around 600 million miles away from Earth.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
That can mean the moon appears 30% brighter and 14% larger than when the moon is farthest away from us.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The comet Tempel-Tuttle, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1998, has just passed its farthest point from the sun and is now on its inbound leg of its journey around the sun.
—oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
At its farthest point, Jupiter is around 600 million miles away from Earth.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
Adverb
Teams of two sign up to pick a stretchy curd, line up with the competition, and see who can pull the curds the farthest apart without the cheese string breaking.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
That can mean the moon appears 30% brighter and 14% larger than when the moon is farthest away from us.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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So far, Vulture has written three major stories about Emilia Pérez.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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Counts so far from Gilroy show a sales tax increase meant to pay for public safety a few percentage points shy of the two-thirds threshold required for the measure’s approval.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The question asks whether to remove the state superintendent of public instruction from the list of top state officials who would step into the governor’s role under extreme circumstances.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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The country was so polarized that no viable cross-ideological political coalition was possible, and the political center shrank rapidly as the extreme right and left expanded.Christine Adams / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The idea to bomb London is a result of this dissatisfaction: why should the Irish people bear the brunt of the war when the enemy is just a ferry ride away?Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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That’s well away from most other deer — and hunters, who are focusing on better-looking ground with better traditional habitat hundreds of yards away.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Farthest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farthest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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