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distance

[dis-tuhns] / ˈdɪs təns /




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The unit number reflects an apartment that is just a short distance from the location where neighbors say Porter was killed.

From Los Angeles Times

There were both enough segregationists willing to use force and enough moderates watching from a distance that a peaceful attempt to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge would force a choice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Back in the day, we got to know every coming and going of the mail carrier, and came to recognize, from a distance, the heft of his canvas bag.

From The Wall Street Journal

Along the shortest flight path between Moscow and Washington, D.C.—an arc known as the great-circle distance—Greenland sits midway.

From The Wall Street Journal

When James Webb captured its first images in December 2021 from a distance of about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, researchers quickly noticed something unexpected.

From Science Daily