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abroad

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adjective

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Recent Examples of abroad
Adverb
The result is a capsule wardrobe that feels effortless, practical, and stylish enough to earn compliments abroad without overpacking. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 However, most local league wrestlers earn modest salaries, and many struggle financially, pinning their hopes on academies and transfers abroad, while dreaming of the rare few who make it to the top. ABC News, 16 May 2026
Adjective
Congress looks increasingly deadlocked, public opposition to his aggressive moves at home and abroad mounts, and the central issue for many Americans – cost-of-living concerns – defies easy solutions. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026 Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE. MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abroad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abroad
Adverb
  • Trying to stay afloat in an expensive city like Paris is tough enough, but piling onto Garance’s gig-economy hurdles is her terminally ill sister, and a romantic life that seems to be going nowhere.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • For any club, losing a $218 million starting pitcher would be debilitating for its chances to stay afloat in the standings.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Adverb
  • Before the war, around 20% of the world's crude oil supply, from Persian Gulf nations, was typically carried through the strait by tanker to reach Asia and elsewhere.
    May 19, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • The 5 million people dropping out of the markets could have bought health coverage elsewhere, but Cox says most probably became uninsured.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 19 May 2026
Adverb
  • The cleanup of the Great Molasses Flood took weeks, and, for months, everywhere that anyone had tracked molasses, including underground subway platforms, was still tacky.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Hosted by Billy Porter and Elvis Duran, the special will launch as a podcast series June 1 on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard and as an audio special airing across iHeartRadio PRIDE stations.
    Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Adverb
  • To take pride in his origins, or at least to arrive at the vaguely poignant (and jarringly upbeat) endpoint where Balagov leaves him at the end of this story, Temir will have to spread his wings even further afield of the Circassian community.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • Further afield, on a small island across the lagoon, stands a remarkable addition to Venice.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • Expect Marquise Lightfoot, a twitchy 235-pound edge rusher, and Mizzou transfer Damon Wilson to step in for the departed first-rounders.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Greg Abel is wasting little time putting his stamp on Berkshire Hathaway ’s investment portfolio, reportedly moving to unwind positions tied to the departed lieutenant Todd Combs.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • If a similar visitor from afar appears in Rubin’s data during the survey, astronomers will receive an alert.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • Fans, both in-person and from afar, like seeing that.
    Lily Moayeri, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Adjective
  • Written by Cameron Alexander, Heart of the Beast follows a former Army Special Forces Soldier and his retired combat dog who battle for survival after a plane crash deep in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • Social Security benefits – paid mostly to recipients who are older or retired – are typically scheduled to go out on Wednesdays.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 12 May 2026

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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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