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far-off

adjective as in distant

adverb as in from or at a distance

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A whisp of a canorous clarinet or a rumbling rattle is all it takes for a kind of instant transport to a far-off time and place.

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I’ve barely had time to spend with friends and family, let alone an afternoon driving to a far-off cemetery for a few minutes with a long-gone man I had never met.

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For Theo, results day has felt like a "far-off day" until more recently.

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"My farm has become something of a local miracle. People travel from far-off places just to see the apple trees growing under the hot Maharashtra sun."

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And they will also know that many voters wholeheartedly back Trump's approach, and feel they have been bankrolling security in a far-off continent.

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

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