distant
Example Sentences
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In his telling, the republic’s institutions were incapable of managing its many distant provinces or checking the dangerous ambitions of its own military leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Given your distant relationship with your former sister-in-law and the fact that your divorce was a difficult one, it seems unlikely that you were named as a beneficiary on her Fidelity account.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
However, those catalogues may not include every star in the field, particularly objects that are extremely faint, distant or difficult to identify with confidence.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her 15-year-old son will be a sophomore at Garfield High — a little over two miles distant — and seemingly far enough away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
We sit there for a while; we can hear the distant playing of violins and harps.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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