remoteness
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Due to its complex voting procedures, strange time zone, and remoteness, in normal years it can take a particularly long time to count all of Alaska’s ballots.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
That remoteness may help explain how an entire species of gentoo penguin escaped recognition for so long.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
“The island ecosystem is pretty diverse and complex. There are a lot of things at play: wind, visitation, the remoteness of the island.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
This geographical remoteness was about as far from peering into a screen as could be.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
So what’s the difference between the past-tense was, in those contexts in which it has the meaning of factual remoteness, and the irrealis were, which also has the meaning of factual remoteness?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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