distant

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After his father’s death, Mr. Junod goes on a sort of genealogical quest, excavating Lou’s double and triple lives—mistresses, deceptions, suspicious deaths, ugly secrets—and more distant family history.

From The Wall Street Journal

Still, the possibility of a recession seems distant at this point.

From Barron's

But “prevention” can feel too distant a form of self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Barbey described "a large and complex system of connections that serve as 'shortcuts' linking distant brain regions and integrating information across the networks."

From Science Daily

This makes it an ideal window into the distant universe.

From Science Daily