distance
Example Sentences
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At a distance of 2,700 light years, that apparent size corresponds to a real span of nearly 80 light years.
From Science Daily
Though the title jams everybody together in one breathless, unpunctuated rush, this is very much a movie about distance within families; an ellipsis between each word might have been apt.
Foden has scored the second most with seven but has been moved away from the number 10 position, where he scores often from distance.
From BBC
Live birds were still walked but much shorter distances to railway stations, from where they were sent to the capital.
From BBC
They find that others still prefer to keep their distance, despite the fact that the disease isn’t spread through casual contact and 95% of people are naturally immune.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
