remoteness

Example Sentences

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But physically getting to a specialist or a well-equipped clinic can be difficult for many patients, thanks to its size, its formidable geography of ice, fjords and mountains and the remoteness of small settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Bad weather and the remoteness of the area prevented a rescue helicopter from reaching her until Tuesday morning.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

But neither remoteness nor favorable courts were enough to make central Louisiana into American Siberia.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Dr. MacKinnon: “You don’t think she saw your remoteness as a defense? When she uses remoteness herself as a defense. Didn’t you just tell me? She never looks back?”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

But one verb has a special form to express remoteness: be, which distinguishes If I was from If I were.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker