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away

[uh-wey] / əˈweɪ /

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in another direction; at a distance adv.
continuously adv.

ADVERB

in another direction; at a distance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abroad absent aside distant elsewhere off over

STRONG

forth

WEAK

afar apart beyond far afield far away far off far remote from here hence not present out of out of the way to one side

ADVERB

continuously

Synonyms

WEAK

endlessly forever incessantly interminably on and on relentlessly repeatedly tirelessly unremittingly without break without end without rest without stopping

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Ronaldo is 24 goals away from scoring 1,000 senior career goals.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Relieved, I turned to go inside, and that’s when I spotted something that took my breath away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

If valence quarks alone carried the baryon number, explaining the excess away from the beamline would require all three valence quarks from one colliding proton to stop near the center of the detector.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Oscar-winning actress and Wednesday star Catherine Zeta-Jones led the tributes to Tyler, saying her heart was "broken" with the news that "our dearest Bonnie Tyler has passed away".

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It’s only a matter of time before the notes fill my mind and everything else falls away.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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