distance

Example Sentences

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Reaching Uranus is difficult primarily because of its extreme distance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

He anticipated that the mission would later afford him a view with the Moon in the foreground and Earth hanging in the distance.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

If you are wondering about whether you are within striking distance, Pauly said, then you are too close.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

They proposed stationing key aircraft during a conflict in the western part of the kingdom, a safer distance away from Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

At a closer distance, the Fabulous Beach, as he would now call it, and closer still, the marshes and the berry bushes.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el