few and far between
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Roads to this region are increasingly choked, and flights are few and far between.
From BBC
He messaged often in the next few weeks but meetings were "few and far between".
From BBC
Sarah Regan, the residential manager at the Hull Deaf Centre, said qualified individuals were "few and far between".
From BBC
These days the pieces were few and far between.
From Literature
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There is the argument that the dollar can influence company earnings, but Chronert notes that relationship is weaker than before: “Large multinationals at the top end of the S&P 500 do have foreign sales, sometimes large portions of overall revenue. Yet few and far between are these foreign sales actual exports from the U.S. Rather, goods are often foreign produced and sold, complicating the dollar to earnings relationship.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.