far afield
Example Sentences
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The conflict has expanded as far afield as the Sri Lankan coast, where a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate, and Azerbaijan, which threatened retaliation after a drone hit an airport.
From Barron's
He needn't have looked that far afield.
From BBC
Production of a single, multimillion-dollar interceptor is limited and can take months, with components coming from across the U.S. and as far afield as Spain.
A second argument by Mr. Hemani is that these precedents fail the Bruen test because they’re too far afield, really “a hodgepodge of dissimilar regulatory regimes, most of which have nothing to do with the ‘misuse of firearms.’”
In addition, across the women's and youth teams there are players from as far afield as Mali and Japan.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
