distant

Example Sentences

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It resembles a space mission, with an intrepid rover traversing desolate distant terrain.

From Barron's

For many young Mexicans, the supposed curse of Malinche seems a distant concern, a throwback to another generation, another Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

Astronomers have identified powerful winds of vaporized metals inside a vast cloud that blocked the light of a distant star for almost nine months.

From Science Daily

Marva says physical barriers, such as distant training grounds, stopped some of her friends from progressing to higher levels.

From BBC

These sources include pulsars, planetary nebulae, compact HII regions -- which are dense, ionized gas clouds in space -- as well as distant galaxies that lie far beyond the Milky Way.

From Science Daily