quite a ways

Example Sentences

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“We were quite a ways out and starting preschool,” she shared.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

We’re quite a ways away from September now.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

“There is quite a ways to go. It’s such a big part of this community and has been for so long. I think there are many more conversations yet to be had.”

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2022

Also keep in mind that at 44, your retirement may be quite a ways off, and what you want then might be different than what you want now.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

From what Wello had told me, Mbandaka dominated one side of the river, blooming along it for quite a ways.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer