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[dis-tuhns] / ˈdɪs təns /




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This research is presented in a paper titled "The Local Distance Network: A community consensus report on the measurement of the Hubble constant at ∼1% precision" to published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

"Distance may separate our people, but it does not erase identity," Opoku-Agyemang said.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

"Distance is not the way to solve problems, not the way to serve our people," the prime minister said.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

One British commentator called Prefontaine “an athletic Beatle,” and in 1970 he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as “America’s Distance Prodigy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

Oct. demurred, using as his Excuse my Infirmity and the small Distance to their Shop.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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