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farther

adverb as in at a greater distance

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By indicting corporate and finance capitalism, I went farther than Brooks, an entertaining celebrant of corporate consumer marketing and a scourge of neoliberals who make great shows of rectifying turbo capitalism's brutalities with “glass ceiling” gestures.

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By 11 a.m., widespread evacuations were ordered as the blaze marched toward the Camarillo foothills and higher into the mountains — where winds blew stronger, pushing stray embers even farther ahead of the blaze, officials reported.

Fierce Santa Ana winds were expected to ease somewhat Friday, lessening the chance of the fire spreading farther.

Grab dinner at nearby old-school haunt Chez Jay or head a little farther afield for a knee-wobbling mai tai at the Galley.

Despite my carefully curated way of moving through L.A. — having made a transition from motorist to cyclist that felt so special — I never once, in nearly 10 years of good intentions, bragging and evangelizing about cycling, had had the good sense to head farther west so I could finish the last few miles of my ride on the beach bike path that now seemed so obviously the best way to go.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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