as in world
a huge physical or conceptual distance
my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us
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Recent Examples of light-year
This blue-white star 77 light-years from our sun is one of the brightest in the April sky.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Just 165,000 light-years away, the Large Magellanic Cloud is suspected to house a supermassive black hole.
—Big Think, 10 Mar. 2025
Unsurprisingly, Google's remedy position is light-years away from the Justice Department's.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
However, at only ~27,000 light-years distant, our black hole is more directly observable.
—Big Think, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Just 165,000 light-years away, the Large Magellanic Cloud is suspected to house a supermassive black hole.
—Big Think, 10 Mar. 2025
Unsurprisingly, Google's remedy position is light-years away from the Justice Department's.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
However, at only ~27,000 light-years distant, our black hole is more directly observable.
—Big Think, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for light-year
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“Light-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-year. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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