far side
noun
1
: the farther side
the far side of the lake
2
or farside
: the side of the moon away from the earth
the lunar farside
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The dropping, distant tawny on the far side of Coombe Wood.
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Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Imagine if the nearest intelligent aliens were not across the street, not across the solar system, but on the far side of the Milky Way, some 33,000 light-years away from Earth.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Dear readers, if everything goes according to plan, four astronauts are less than six months away from traveling around the far side of the Moon and breaking free of low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than 53 years.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
This time last week, on the far side of forever, someone else smiled first.
—Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Imagine if the nearest intelligent aliens were not across the street, not across the solar system, but on the far side of the Milky Way, some 33,000 light-years away from Earth.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Dear readers, if everything goes according to plan, four astronauts are less than six months away from traveling around the far side of the Moon and breaking free of low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than 53 years.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
This time last week, on the far side of forever, someone else smiled first.
—Jasmine Baehr , Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for far side
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“Far side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20side. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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