as in very
to a great degree
the solid advice that if you can't say something good about a person, it is far better to say nothing at all
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as in long
lasting for a considerable time
the primitive rafts that ancient peoples built for their far journeys across the wide expanses of Oceania
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as in away
not close in time or space
the dream of someday sending manned spacecraft to explore the far reaches of our solar system
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
In District 4, the race was far closer, though Trevin Bass looks likely to have prevailed.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
Breezy conditions will continue on Thursday with daytime temperatures ranging from the upper 60s in the far northwest to the upper 70s in the far southeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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This gives you the ability to hike further and set up in harder-to-hunt places without spooking deer.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
In District 4, the race was far closer, though Trevin Bass looks likely to have prevailed.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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Now 87, Hersh has been a darling of the Left for most of our lives — the far Left.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2024
Breezy conditions will continue on Thursday with daytime temperatures ranging from the upper 60s in the far northwest to the upper 70s in the far southeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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That gives us very little clarity as to who the Best New Artist front-runner is.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Here’s the latest: Ventura County’s Mountain Fire expanded in size on Wednesday after powerful Santa Ana winds came into contact with very dry air.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Inigo San Felix / National Geographic Using measuring tape, scientists found that the coral colony spans about 111 feet wide, 104 feet long and 18 feet high — large enough to fit two full-size basketball courts side by side and longer than the world’s largest animal, the blue whale.Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But that logic can escape state transportation executives oriented toward longer, intercity trips instead of shorter, intracity ones, as well as highway engineers trained to focus on maximizing the speed of all vehicles, regardless of how many people are inside them.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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With Real Madrid’s away game against Valencia postponed due to the catastrophic flooding in the region, a win would see Flick’s squad open up a nine-point lead at the top of the league table.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Keep the scoreline close, add a late away goal, and Colorado would be a good position to advance.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Incumbent Carmen Montano and Councilmember Hon Lien are locked in an extremely close mayoral race in Milpitas.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In the end, the experiment demonstrated vampire bats can convert amino acids into energy in less than 10 minutes and use it to fuel a lengthy endurance run.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Some jurisdictions faced a lengthy, two-page ballot that election officials worried would take voters longer to fill out at the polls and cause lines.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement In their win against Minnesota, the Lakers made only five of 30 from three, an appallingly bad shooting night for a team that’s spent real time and effort trying to shoot more from deep.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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The treatment begins with deep breaths and a mini sound bath to settle the senses.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Post-wash, the texture is a little more relaxed and slightly wrinkled, though not terribly so.Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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From a chemical perspective, the extraction, synthesis, or compounding of those medications is not terribly technically difficult.Jorge Just, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Traditional telescopes magnify visible light, using a series of mirrors and/or lenses to increase the brightness and apparent size of distant objects like planets, moons, and galaxies.Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Others see the move as another step in the erosion of Palestinian rights and the removal of their distant but long-promised right to return to the villages, now in Israel, from which they and their ancestors were violently evicted when the Jewish state was created in 1948.Mick Krever, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Far.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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