distance
Example Sentences
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They find that others still prefer to keep their distance, despite the fact that the disease isn’t spread through casual contact and 95% of people are naturally immune.
If that is not possible it recommends staying a "safe distance" from cows, keeping dogs on a short lead and avoiding getting between cows and their calves.
From BBC
Keep your distance, so you have time to react.
From Los Angeles Times
“In the past, whenever actors promoted period films, they try to look as contemporary as possible in order to distance themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times
At KPMG’s new office, which opened this fall, individual desks sit a short distance from clusters of desks meant for team work.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
