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adjective

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Recent Examples of abroad
Adverb
An early investment from Berkshire Hathaway helped legitimize the company abroad. Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 Then Covid-19 happened, a new management came in and Asos moved most of its domestic production abroad. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 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
  • As the district works to stay afloat until the summer, efforts to shape the fiscal solvency plan for the following two years begin, which will bring more serious cuts.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Supporters organized a vigil and raised $300,000 that kept the family and business afloat while the shop was closed — and paid legal bills.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Councilmember Monica Rodriguez voted against the measure, arguing the council had not done its job to reduce spending elsewhere before putting taxes on the ballot.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There's anger about ICE actions in Minnesota and elsewhere, as well as those who defend the actions as righteous.
    Brenda Looper, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The different textures that casting directors are looking everywhere to find doesn’t just mean assembling a diverse but complementary set of faces for the audience to look at.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The easy solution to the practice’s energy drain, Scott says, is making sure that electricity is coming from renewable sources—a switch that snow towns everywhere from Quebec to the French Alps have already made.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • But as a result, geopolitical tremors are rippling across Northeast Asia — and as far afield as the US — and there doesn’t appear to be an off-ramp.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, some ideas may be too far afield for regulators to approve, which is why some of the stranger exotic bets, often related to something in the broadcast or in-stadium happenings, are only found on offshore sportsbooks.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Altars are traditionally decorated with pictures of departed relatives, their favorite foods, drinks and remnants of their lives, such as favorite items or symbols of their profession.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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
  • The book’s obsessed with money and all the new ways that people can suddenly lose it (gambling) or make it (mysterious adventures afar).
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • People will be upbeat, breezy and eager to explore their surroundings or travel afar.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • In November, the Pentagon opened an investigation into Kelly, citing a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other punishment.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Jim Cavanaugh, a retired agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who is now an NBC News law enforcement analyst, said he’s not convinced the ransom note is legitimate.
    Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026

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“Abroad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abroad. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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