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remote

[ri-moht] / rɪˈmoʊt /






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“Yellow Pine” is a testament to her beloved remote corner of the Mojave, its beauties, hardships and endangerments.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“In content writing and digital marketing, a phone is not out of the ordinary, because those roles are based on remote tools,” he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

The United Nations organization will provide around 500,000 tons of food to remote areas and the makeshift shelters that have sprung up across the quake zone.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Marcos Rosa, an evangelical pastor who spends his days visiting remote Amazonian villages, said PIX hasn’t only made payments easier but also shrunk distances across the world’s biggest rainforest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The device itself wasn’t plastic, like a remote control, but it wasn’t metal either.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2026

I also had wide and mid-range angled cameras, both mounted on a tripod to be trigged by remotes.

From Seattle Times Apr. 14, 2024

Like his night stand, which is buried under books, charging cables and remotes to TVs she is fairly certain they no longer own.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2024

Much of what was retrieved from Must Farm were everyday items, the Bronze Age equivalent to the TV remotes and coffee mugs of our own lives.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“It makes me think that it’s certainly biologically possible to have grizzly bears in those remoter corners of California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2025

Army units deployed Monday along a paved road leading from Amizmiz to remoter mountain villages.

From Washington Times Sep. 11, 2023

This has left digital asset companies with little choice but to seek out smaller financial institutions, some in remoter corners of global finance.

From Reuters Apr. 19, 2023

If the lame-duck Congress approves reforms to the laws concerning how electoral votes get validated and counted, it will become remoter still.

From Washington Post Nov. 16, 2022

For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen.

From "1984" by George Orwell

A Dutch student team Tuesday unveiled what they believe to be the world's first solar-powered ambulance, which they hope can bring much-needed medical care to the remotest parts of the globe.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

She was drawn there by a desire for change and the attractive salaries Alaska offers attorneys who staff its remotest locations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

St Helena is one of the remotest islands on Earth, at 47sq miles - a third of the size of the Isle of Wight - with a population of about 4,400 and one hospital.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Arjuna then promised not to put forth similar proposals and said its pledge “forecloses even the remotest chance of another proposal” related to Exxon’s carbon emissions.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2024

We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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