farther
Example Sentences
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Today, buyers looking for affordable homes have moved farther and farther from city centers.
From MarketWatch
Deploying a Spanish ship to the High North drives home that point, he said, because Madrid’s fleet usually operates farther south.
These worlds orbit at distances ranging from 15 to 70 astronomical units, meaning even the closest planet is 15 times farther from its star than Earth is from the sun.
From Science Daily
Swift detected hydroxyl when the comet was nearly three times farther from the Sun than Earth is, well beyond the region where surface ice would normally turn directly into vapor.
From Science Daily
As we drive farther from the highway, a strip mall comes into view, and a faded red-and-white sign greets us with block letters.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
