distance

Example Sentences

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Does a donation app’s ease foster giving or create further distance?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He anticipated that the mission would later afford him a view with the Moon in the foreground and Earth hanging in the distance.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Tests showed that the light distribution achieved more than 90 percent uniformity across the illuminated area at a distance of two meters.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

Transit times, determined by distance from the Middle East, dictate how the shock spreads through the global system, said Michael Haigh, head of commodities research at Société Générale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam