remote

Example Sentences

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In many ways, the high-tech future I envisioned as a child has come to pass — we have computers in our pockets, driverless cars, thumbprint and face ID, and voice-activated remote controls for everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

How we understand that convergence of interests, in a remote and landlocked Eastern European country that most Americans couldn’t find on the map with multiple guesses, is quite another matter.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

IKATEQ, Greenland—Deep in a remote fjord in Greenland, hundreds of rusty fuel drums known locally as “American flowers” litter the icy wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In a recent podcast, he said he instructed his government bond managers to swap their current holdings for the lowest-coupon-rate equivalents, even though the chance of such a forced swap is remote.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Even in a remote, understaffed, and underequipped hospital, if he did his best, a simple country doctor could improve the quality of life in Haiti.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French