distant
Example Sentences
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In some parts of Europe, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine can feel like a distant threat.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
According to the researchers, dense hydrogen atmospheres combined with tidal heating could keep these distant moons warm enough for life to potentially develop and evolve over immense stretches of time.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Yet each of these struggles on its own to explain what’s been going on, which is a general selloff in bonds maturing both soon and in the distant future.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The $640,000 Ferrari Luce, which was unveiled on Wednesday, looks like a distant relative of many Apple products.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Just a distant anger that it should end like this.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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