distance
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I remember pulling through the pages of the book going, “This is me, I understand the cruelty others are showing him, I understand his need for both distance and warmth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
When two objects are separated by an extremely small distance, only a few hundred nanometers, heat can travel between them much more efficiently than it does under ordinary conditions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
That makes him, by some distance, the highest paid athlete in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
K.B. is upfront about his father’s emotional distance and absenteeism during his childhood.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
You smooth down your OsiyoTV shirt, close the distance between you.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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