distance
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Brown averaged 11.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game while shooting 43.1% from the floor and 33.8% from three-point distance with the Cyclones last season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
After Suez, Ms. Wheeler writes, “nothing would ever be the same again,” both for Britain and Morris, whose assumption of femininity was accompanied by increasing critical distance from the dying empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Another assumption held that forces between particles decrease exponentially with distance in a way that does not depend on particle size.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
It's a saga which has some distance left to run even this week.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
In the distance, the rocks glittered on the hills; it seemed as if a soft green cloth was stretched over them.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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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