far-off
Example Sentences
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Her reasons for leaving involve both the recent and far-off past, which the author brings to a powerful place in her conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Maybe we should look at this industry a little bit differently and stop thinking of it as a far-off, futuristic science-fiction hobby for billionaires.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The view was lovely—the rolling swell of the Cohutta Mountains, brushed with a bluish haze the color of cigarette smoke, running away to a far-off horizon.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
