distance
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“Initially, he maintained a greater distance, which is why direct contact was not made at the time,” the document reads.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The US still has powerful naval and air forces within striking distance of Iran.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Yeah, there were quite a few decades when millions of people all over the planet were way too invested in the American dream, if mostly at a distance.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
The simplest version of the unit distance problem goes something like this: If you put n dots on a sheet of paper, how many pairs of dots can be exactly one unit apart?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Regan and I turned to see the small speck of brown in the distance that was getting larger by the minute.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing distance
Word Generation Science - Measurement
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The Number System
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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