distance
Example Sentences
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It feels like a flyover, with the sea perhaps in the distance at the very top.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Despite experiencing periods of painful distance, Verhoeven reconciled with his father before his death.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Stopping out of concern, they realize this is no normal accident, seeing the eerie man in the distance who disappears in the flicker of their hazard lights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Along river mouths, this distance is extended to 500 metres with respect to the estuary.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
It is a twenty-mile downhill run through a river gorge studded with boulders and you run on an ice ledge steeply down, weaving in and out of the boulders for the whole distance.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing distance
Word Generation Science - Measurement
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The Number System
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Force and Motion (Mechanics) - Middle School
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