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remote

[ri-moht] / rɪˈmoʊt /






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Or, as was the case during the 1984 Olympics, residents may flee the area and in-person workplaces may consider allowing for more remote work or off-hour days.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The Ervebo vaccine needs to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, however the new Bundibugyo jab is hoped to last for months in normal refrigerators, making it cheaper and easier to deploy to remote areas.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Canada’s fires largely occur in vast, remote forests that aren’t managed at all, Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist at the University of Victoria, pointed out this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart is recognised this time for John of John, about a young gay man who returns to his strict religious family on a remote Scottish island.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

He could barely change the batteries in a TV remote.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

On this particular day, Carrick engaged in a chat about the old TV remotes.

From BBC Jan. 12, 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

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

When they were near the knights, they walked slowly, but in the remoter distance they were running.

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

Today, Indians in the remotest corners of the country can buy many daily goods without cash, paying as little as 20p for a packet of bread using a QR code on their phone.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2024

The number of airports in India is also set to climb to 200 over the next five years from 150 today, as the government looks to connect the country's remotest areas by air.

From Reuters Jun. 20, 2023

We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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