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remote

[ri-moht] / rɪˈmoʊt /






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Strong winds sweep across this remote village in India's Himalayan Ladakh region, but no one seems to mind.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Lunch happens at her desk, with the camera off during a remote meeting.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

The skirmish in this remote corner of Texas is part of a bigger conflict confronting utilities and their customers across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Chiang Mai is one of the most popular cities in the world for remote workers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Internationally, scientists were left with only remote monitoring options.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

I also had wide and mid-range angled cameras, both mounted on a tripod to be trigged by remotes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

Like his night stand, which is buried under books, charging cables and remotes to TVs she is fairly certain they no longer own.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

This energy density cannot be achieved in the lithium-ion batteries powering most of today's battery-operated devices -- including phones, television remotes, and even electric vehicles.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024

Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“It makes me think that it’s certainly biologically possible to have grizzly bears in those remoter corners of California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Army units deployed Monday along a paved road leading from Amizmiz to remoter mountain villages.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

This has left digital asset companies with little choice but to seek out smaller financial institutions, some in remoter corners of global finance.

From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2023

If the lame-duck Congress approves reforms to the laws concerning how electoral votes get validated and counted, it will become remoter still.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

“Oh, noP cried the crazy colonel in an agony out of his remoter darkness. “Oh no, your ladyship.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

A Dutch student team Tuesday unveiled what they believe to be the world's first solar-powered ambulance, which they hope can bring much-needed medical care to the remotest parts of the globe.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

She was drawn there by a desire for change and the attractive salaries Alaska offers attorneys who staff its remotest locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Arjuna then promised not to put forth similar proposals and said its pledge “forecloses even the remotest chance of another proposal” related to Exxon’s carbon emissions.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

"The DIY model of our solar dryer makes it portable and affordable, it can reach even the remotest village, and can be afforded by every small and marginal farmer," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023

It is the remotest section of the entire AT.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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