distant

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The Artemis program -- named in honor of Apollo's goddess twin -- aims to test technologies needed to one day send humans to Mars, a far more distant journey.

From Barron's

Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.

From BBC

The research, published today in Nature Astronomy, introduces a new way to study how distant galaxies develop and establishes an emerging field known as "extragalactic archaeology."

From Science Daily

Even while Idle was still with the troupe, being its only unpartnered writer made him feel distant from them, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

But as accusations of corruption and dirty tricks against Mitterrand began to mount, his relations with the president became more distant.

From Barron's