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far away

ADVERB
afar
Synonyms
WEAK
distantly far off yonder
Antonyms
WEAK
close near
ADVERB
away
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abroad absent aside distant elsewhere off over
STRONG
forth
WEAK
afar apart beyond far afield far off far remote from here hence not present out of out of the way to one side

Example Sentences

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A few years ago it would've been so far away.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Others found stable lodging, some as far away as New York and Florida.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Meanwhile, here was a drama about humans living in a galaxy far, far away, broadsided by an enemy they didn’t take seriously enough.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Conflicts that begin with strikes from far away tend to shift, in their decisive phases, to questions of land control: Who holds certain terrain, who secures the population, who can enforce order.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“The last we heard was that she had married a man from far away and she died shortly after of illness. We never knew she had a son.…”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff