distance

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A European 10,000m bronze in the summer of 2024 preceded Olympic and World Championship appearances over the same distance, earning her British Athletics funding for the first time.

From BBC

"We speak of ballistic transport when particles move freely and cover twice the distance in twice the time -- like a bullet traveling in a straight line."

From Science Daily

This is more than three times the distance of the Kuiper Belt from the sun in our solar system.

From Science Daily

The distance between “enhance economic ties” and a deputy chief of staff’s wife posting “SOON” over a map of Greenland is the distance between a policy paper and a foreign-policy crisis.

From MarketWatch

"We expressly distance ourselves from all actions of recent years," it said.

From BBC