distance
Example Sentences
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Beyond this region, stars become older again with increasing distance, forming the characteristic U-shaped age profile.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
“She did,” he called from a distance, as he wrangled one of their two dogs, Chicken.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Tuapse, near Russia’s border with the Caucasus country of Georgia, lies more than 300 miles from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled point—a distance now well within the range of Kyiv’s long-range attack drones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Those are not the same thing, and the distance between them is measured in months of someone’s life.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Then in the farthest distance we heard a trill.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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