as in away
not close in time or space
many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Recent Examples of far-off
Retirement can seem like a far-off fantasy for many, and something only the truly wealthy can ever look forward to achieving.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
Since the new triple system includes a very far-off star, the system’s black hole was potentially born through that gentler direct collapse.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
He’s sought out theme parks in major cities and small towns across the world and remains ever curious of stories from far-off places being brought into the hotel’s front door.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Freedom is a far-off dream when one’s own very survival is in question.
—Mustafa Barghouti, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
Since the new triple system includes a very far-off star, the system’s black hole was potentially born through that gentler direct collapse.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
He’s sought out theme parks in major cities and small towns across the world and remains ever curious of stories from far-off places being brought into the hotel’s front door.
—Joe Sills, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Freedom is a far-off dream when one’s own very survival is in question.
—Mustafa Barghouti, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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However, that spokesperson also confirmed the university did coordinate police protection for the players with the schools that hosted the team's away matches after security measures had to be elevated due to the attention the team was getting.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Their away form has been rough, remaining winless in their last six road games across all competitions.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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While data isn't available indicating how much this has changed over recent years, the tradition of downsizing into smaller homes designed with retirement in mind is becoming a distant, if not completely unlikely, prospect for America's aging boomer population.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tom Kim finished a distant second on 19-under and Justin Thomas, who led by a shot heading into the final round but remains without a win in more than two years, was third on 18-under.Matias Grez, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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And so the students gathered, many in their pajamas, in the library and in the campus center where the windows framed a distressing sight: Flames ravaging the mountains in the not so far distance; smoke spiraling in the dark sky.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Receiving a lovely pass from Brahim, Mbappe took one touch to turn inside his marker and smashed his strike into the far corner on 10 minutes.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Survivor: China China has such a great, deep cast — even beyond the obvious returnees of Amanda, James, Peih-Gee, and a positively hilarious Courtney.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, the camp’s intimate size: hosting 110 campers at a time, allows for deeper relationships and a strong sense of community, setting Falcon Camp apart.Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Access to Palmyra Atoll is naturally limited by the high cost of reaching such a remote location.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Experts from Congo's National Rapid Response Team and WHO have been deployed to Panzi last week to take samples and investigate, but the remote location—over 435 miles from Kinshasa—posed logistical challenges.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Still, this playthrough isn’t so removed from my first.Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
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However, a significant crisis emerged last week when McDonald's removed Quarter Pounders from around 3,000 stores after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified slivered raw onions from a supplier as the likely source of E. coli contamination.Shamim Chowdhury, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far-off. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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