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afar

[uh-fahr] / əˈfɑr /
ADVERB
a great distance away
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"I do not believe he has the means to lead the opposition from afar, as the newly elected officials have already secured their seats and no longer need him," Monteiro told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The discovery offers an important step toward explaining how magnetic activity contributes to heating the Sun's atmosphere, including in regions that appear calm when viewed from afar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Auckland said the ponies lived freely on Brendan Common and "we try and manage them from afar all year round".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The U.K. government is in the process of changing the law to let military personnel track, jam and shoot down drones from afar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He talked about Nigerian politics with the fervid enthusiasm of a person who followed it from afar, who read and reread articles on the Internet.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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