distance
Example Sentences
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While the stories have connections to what is happening in the real world today, the science-fiction context provides just enough distance from reality to make any underlying moral lessons palatable.
The senator from Oklahoma also distanced himself from remarks he made at the time in which he called one of the Americans slain in Minneapolis a "deranged individual."
From Barron's
It appears to lack a dense core, and it orbits at a distance from its star comparable to Venus's position relative to the sun.
From Science Daily
The wavelength, or the distance between repeating peaks of the wave, is very long, measuring hundreds of microns.
From Science Daily
After having physiotherapy, Leah can now walk with the help of a crutch and drive for short distances.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
