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as in length
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles
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as in expanse
a wide space or area
a region marked by great, featureless distances
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as in difference
the quality or state of being different
the brothers' personalities are like the distance between night and day
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as in to throw away
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The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Martha Stewart’s early years The documentary continues with Stewart’s upbringing in Nutley, New Jersey, a place marked by her father’s volatility and her mother’s emotional distance.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2024
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has also appeared to distance itself from Hinchcliffe in the days following the rally.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
More than 7 in 10 adults are worried that the election results could lead to violence and nearly 1 in 3 have experienced tension and distance from their family members.
—The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
Martha Stewart’s early years The documentary continues with Stewart’s upbringing in Nutley, New Jersey, a place marked by her father’s volatility and her mother’s emotional distance.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Carter would go on to be exposed as a white supremacist Klan member who once wrote speeches for George Wallace, and whether his literary career was an attempt to distance himself from that, an opportunistic exercise, or some combination of the two remains an unsettled question.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The Trump campaign has also appeared to distance itself from Hinchcliffe in the days following the rally.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rhesus monkeys are typically 19-21 inches in length, weigh around 12-17 lbs., and can become aggressive if provoked.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Dubai Harbour’s 20-million-square-foot expanse, for example, can accommodate up to 700 vessels, including superyachts up to 160 meters in length.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Dubai Harbour’s 20-million-square-foot expanse, for example, can accommodate up to 700 vessels, including superyachts up to 160 meters in length.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Parts of the area now look like an extension of the Balearic Sea after unprecedented rainfall turned what should be dry ground into a vast expanse of water, satellite imagery captured on October 30 shows.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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The penalty is equal to the amount of that difference.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Complicating the matter is the proliferation of titles that are typically misunderstood: How many people really know the difference between what an executive, co- and line producer does?Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
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Automakers that used to supply affordable vehicles have retreated from the market.Bill Koenig, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The brothers retreated to their study to work on the dictionary.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Knight explained how her design process focuses on ways to make sure the customer is less likely to throw away the garment.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
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The number includes not just energy used by hospitals and clinics but also the huge amounts of medical waste, often single-use plastic devices, which are thrown away each day, said Buonocore.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Pulse width modulation control further reduces even the most minor rotational inaccuracies, along with any errors in the drive signal.Simon Lucas, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Each slit’s width should be about a third or a fourth of the distance between the frames.Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sit-down chain restaurants may be the quintessential American business, beginning with the expansion of Howard Johnson's after World War II as families got in the car and started to travel.Alana Semuels, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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The growth of the yachting industry in Dubai owes much to the expansion of state-of-the-art marinas and second-to-none yacht crew and refit facilities.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mayor Todd Gloria has latched onto tough-on-crime rhetoric throughout his reelection campaign, even as crime in the city recedes from its pandemic-era spike.Andrew Keatts, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Insular online-community news events or temporary main characters who get plucked by the algorithm and placed all over our feeds for a few days before receding back into the shadows.Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distance. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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