as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
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The Andromeda galaxy is approximately 2.5 million light-years away from the Milky Way.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Ryan Gosling is headed to the great galaxy far, far away.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The scientists behind this research discovered that carbon and other elements don't just sit placidly in galaxies after being forged by stars and dispersed by supernova explosions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Ryan Gosling is headed to the great galaxy far, far away.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The scientists behind this research discovered that carbon and other elements don't just sit placidly in galaxies after being forged by stars and dispersed by supernova explosions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Galaxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galaxy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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