remoteness

Example Sentences

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Still, the movie seems to sympathize with many Americans’ misplaced faith in the remoteness of nuclear war.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

“Svalbard’s remoteness makes it vulnerable,” said Hedvig Moe, an Oslo-based lawyer who grew up Svalbard and was formerly the deputy director of Norway’s domestic intelligence agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

It says: "Its siting demonstrates a deliberate attempt to establish an intimate bond between natural beauty and remoteness on the one hand and human spiritual commitment on the other."

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Dr. MacKinnon: “You don’t think she saw your remoteness as a defense? When she uses remoteness herself as a defense. Didn’t you just tell me? She never looks back?”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

His hometown was a wealthy but somewhat peripheral place, analogous in its pleasant remoteness to modern Sydney or Cape Town.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro