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remote

[ri-moht] / rɪˈmoʊt /






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Sometimes closed schools are absorbed by a bigger college, but abrupt shutdowns can leave behind land and buildings that aren’t easily repurposed, especially in remote areas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“We weren’t doing it for the accolades. We weren’t in it to get the freebies and stuff,” Reed, 70, a retired CPA, remembered by phone from a cabin in British Columbia’s remote Northern Gulf Islands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Maltese citizens who live abroad—in London, Sydney, Toronto, Melbourne—flew home to vote, because Malta does not allow remote voting.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Because researchers cannot simply collect samples from every part of the Moon, they must rely on remote sensing methods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

His letters to Madison also featured the Monticellan Jefferson, the statesman-turned-farmer sequestered in “my remote canton.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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