distant
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Apart from an erosion of market power and more distant customer relationships, purchase mistakes could lead to higher merchandise returns or credit-card chargebacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Those sort of heroics now feel like a distant memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"In effect, lipids work like postal codes, giving distant but related parts of the brain the same chemical address," says D'Angelo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It still looks like the distant Northern Marianas will be the final act of America’s long story of territorial growth.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
“The Archers inherited the house and land from some distant cousins.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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