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[awf, of] / ɔf, ɒf /

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gone; remote adj.
inferior; spoiled adj.
apart, away adv.

ADJECTIVE

gone; remote

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outside

STRONG

absent canceled finished postponed slight slim

WEAK

inoperative negligible not employed not on duty on vacation slender small unavailable

Antonyms

WEAK

here on present

ADJECTIVE

inferior; spoiled

Synonyms

STRONG

decomposed disappointing disheartening displeasing mortifying quiet slack sour turned

WEAK

bad low-quality not up to par not up to snuff poor putrid rancid rotten substandard unrewarding unsatisfactory

ADVERB

apart, away

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead aside below elsewhere far out over

STRONG

absent disappearing removed vanishing

WEAK

above afar away from behind beneath beside divergent farther away gone away in the distance not here to one side turning aside up front

Antonyms

WEAK

close here present

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The new commitment would, it added, "offer everyone a route off the streets this Christmas".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

He fell to 25-2 after coming off an April unanimous decision victory over American Regis Prograis at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Linebacker Jalen Woods set up UCLA’s third touchdown by picking off Denegal in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Min Zin stepped off his China Eastern Airlines flight on the afternoon of June 3 and sent his family a text: “Just landed in Kunming.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

More than any other organ, the brain is sealed off from the outside world and from the rest of the body.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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