at a distance of
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—used to describe how far away something is
He spotted the group at a distance of one mile.
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The space rock—known as 2025 OW—is estimated to be about 210 feet across and will make its closest approach to our next Monday, at a distance of around 393,000 miles, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
That all changed 60 years ago on July 14, 1965, when a small spacecraft sped by the planet at a distance of just 6,118 miles (9,846 kilometers).
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
About 80,000 years ago a small red dwarf called Scholz’s star passed the sun at a distance of just 0.85 light-year.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
The comet is currently about 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) away from the sun and will make its closest approach to our star around October 30 at a distance of 130 million miles (210 million kilometers), according to NASA.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
That all changed 60 years ago on July 14, 1965, when a small spacecraft sped by the planet at a distance of just 6,118 miles (9,846 kilometers).
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
About 80,000 years ago a small red dwarf called Scholz’s star passed the sun at a distance of just 0.85 light-year.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2025
The comet is currently about 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) away from the sun and will make its closest approach to our star around October 30 at a distance of 130 million miles (210 million kilometers), according to NASA.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
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“At a distance of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20distance%20of. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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