Examples of furthest in a Sentence
this belongs in the aisle furthest from the cash registers
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The first detailed nationwide data on schools’ recovery shows that achievement gaps have widened, with the poorest students the furthest behind.
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Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
As Elon Musk’s DOGE team continues to rampage through United States federal agencies, Trump administration efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seem to be furthest along.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2025
The major lunar standstill is when the northernmost and southernmost moonrise and moonset are furthest apart.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The development of China’s surveillance state has gone furthest in Xinjiang Province, where it is being used to monitor and control the Muslim Uighur population.
—Nicholas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2018
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Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
As Elon Musk’s DOGE team continues to rampage through United States federal agencies, Trump administration efforts to eliminate the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seem to be furthest along.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2025
The major lunar standstill is when the northernmost and southernmost moonrise and moonset are furthest apart.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The development of China’s surveillance state has gone furthest in Xinjiang Province, where it is being used to monitor and control the Muslim Uighur population.
—Nicholas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2018
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“Furthest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/furthest. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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furthest
adverb or adjective
fur·thest
ˈfər-t͟həst 
: farthest
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