far afield
Example Sentences
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“In my view, forays far afield—for all seasons and all reasons—have led to systemic errors in macroeconomic policy,” he wrote in April 2025.
They include Canada, Australia, India, Hungary and Argentina, which are far afield from Gaza.
Fewer than 4% of Wolverhampton's nearly 50,000 licences were operating within the city that year, with the rest operating as far afield as Newcastle, Somerset, Cardiff and Skegness.
From BBC
He visited family there when he was 14 and “felt a great deal of pride” in seeing that “Western depictions of the country are far afield from reality, that it’s a very warm and loving country where the people are very hospitable and it’s very clear that they’ve lived under oppressive rule.”
From Los Angeles Times
LEMBEKE, Belgium—Those tasty Biscoff cookies that Delta and American Airlines serve are popping up everywhere these days—across the U.S. and as far afield as Poland and Singapore.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
