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as in far
not close in time or space
the store is far away from here Passover is still three months away
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Recent Examples of away
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
In short, digital experiences should be designed to give time to users, rather than take it away.
—Olof Schybergson, Fortune Asia, 8 Jan. 2025
Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Etienne had scheduled an away game for Bonneville against Atlantis University, a for-profit college in Miami, for Oct. 12.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Baratz acknowledged that one approach to quantum computing, called gate-based, may be decades away.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
In short, digital experiences should be designed to give time to users, rather than take it away.
—Olof Schybergson, Fortune Asia, 8 Jan. 2025
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The ladies also outlined the unique timing of their holiday celebrations for those who have to travel for away games.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Etienne had scheduled an away game for Bonneville against Atlantis University, a for-profit college in Miami, for Oct. 12.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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At least eight shots are heard in quick succession, and somebody says that the suspect is down.Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
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Aligned with this strategy, in the first nine months last year, Stone Island’s wholesale channel was down 22 percent to 156.7 million euros, while its direct channel grew by 26 percent to 135.7 million euros.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
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From far Western Europe, the partial lunar eclipse phase preceding totality will be most of the main event.Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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In response to the rise of populism or the far right, the centrist parties tend to close ranks, and that in turn strengthens both far-left and far-right parties even more.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
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Despite Kelly wanting to place blame on the city's first out lesbian fire chief, most experts agree that climate change is the culprit behind the increasing volatility, size, and frequency of wildfires.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Jan. 2025
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More importantly, the growing outrage over the high rejection rate among California applicants forced UC to cap its out-of-state students at 18% for most of its campuses and attempt to grow its collective student body.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The site quietly dropped discounts on products from Drummond’s line and right now, shoppers can save up to 50 percent off.Toni Sutton, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters typically work 24-hour shifts followed by 24 hours off, but during fast-growing fires like those in Southern California, those schedules often extend by 12 or even 24 additional hours due to the lack of backup relief.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Since 2005, the Savage Stone Quarry has mined a mineral called Baltimore gabbro, which is used for road beds, riprap and airport runways, by blasting apart chunks of rock in a large open pit, situated between Interstate 95 and Route 1.Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024
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But oxygen can arise from other processes: Sunlight could break apart water in the planet’s atmosphere, for example.Elise Cutts, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
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Last month, Hamas said that 33 detainees had been killed through the conflict and that more had gone missing, blaming Netanyahu for the situation.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The body of a Michigan father who went missing while attending a family gathering over the holidays has reportedly been found.Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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This involves transferring healthy skin from another body area and grafting (placing) it over the removed scar.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Jan. 2025
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The removed books were voted on by the district’s Board of Education, which the ACLU argued was an injection of the body’s partisan political views into students’ education.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 19 Dec. 2024
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Popular on Variety As with a few recent documentaries featuring animals, a great deal of the film’s wonder comes by way of the human-animal interface: here, the brief and deep relationship of Masear to her wards and those who find them.Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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Finding replacement goalies can be a real challenge, especially in deeper leagues.Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/away. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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