farther
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“We try to buy a little bit farther out than where existing developments are happening—that’s been a little bit of our strategy.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
He didn’t like getting old because he was so much in touch with his body as an athlete — he could jump higher and run farther than his friends.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
In another setup, the atoms are spaced farther apart but connected in a carefully tuned way so that waves remain synchronized.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
The Artemis II mission took astronauts farther from the planet than ever before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
It could have been beautiful, if Nim hadn’t known that Jack was on the west side of the island, being tossed even farther from home, and Alex was on the east being thrown toward it.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing farther
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