remoteness
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Poverty and remoteness had stacked the odds against his children.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
That remoteness may help explain how an entire species of gentoo penguin escaped recognition for so long.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
“This is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly conditions here can turn dangerous. Death Valley is an extraordinary place, but its heat, distances, and remoteness can be dangerous, regardless of experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Jay Huggins, a retired telecommunications technician who worked on several Greenlandic radar stations from 1988 to 1990, including near the Bluie East Two base, said the remoteness and brutal winters challenged young soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
But one verb has a special form to express remoteness: be, which distinguishes If I was from If I were.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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