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distant
adjective as in faraway
Weak matches
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- apart
- arm's length
- asunder
- away
- backwoods
- beyond range
- far back
- farther
- further
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- indirect
- middle of nowhere
- not home
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- retired
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- telescopic
- unapproachable
- ways
- wide of
- yonder
adjective as in aloof
Example Sentences
This area contains a series of long, shallow grooves set within a landscape of deep valleys, scattered impact craters, and surface textures that point to a distant ice age on the Red Planet.
They argue that transforming food systems requires a new vision that elevates local food producers, preserves cultural food traditions, promotes gender equity, and ensures that economic benefits flow to communities rather than to distant shareholders.
For many Palauans, talk of high-level geopolitical struggle feels distant, yet its ripples are everywhere.
Lionsgate’s “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” came in a distant second at the domestic box office with $9.1 million.
Investors are less keen on spending heavily now in the hope that in the distant future we get properly intelligent machines able to outperform humans.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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