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as in length
the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects
the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles
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as in expanse
a wide space or area
a region marked by great, featureless distances
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as in difference
the quality or state of being different
the brothers' personalities are like the distance between night and day
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as in to throw away
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Recent Examples of distance
Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The short missive appeared designed to distance the US from the Israeli attack on a critical American ally in the Middle East.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Maintain a safe distance from water, wet items, and metal objects.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
As Palace circulate the ball from Richards through Maxence Lacroix to Guehi, Mateta takes a couple of steps deeper to distance himself from Villa’s centre-backs, Ezri Konsa and Tyrone Mings.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The short missive appeared designed to distance the US from the Israeli attack on a critical American ally in the Middle East.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Pushing the north side of the building 30 feet back from the property line, putting more distance between the development and residents who live off 38th Street.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Maintain a safe distance from water, wet items, and metal objects.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distance
Noun
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The jeans also have a cropped length that hits right at the ankle and patch pockets that not only look cute, but are also functional.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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The extra-large, rectangular shape offers enough space for long lengths and fluffy curls, while the strong, extra-long teeth form a lock that secures every last strand.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nowadays, these routes and addresses can sometimes call to my mind the Camino Real—the old Spanish road lost and buried but commuted upon daily—or that mythic expanse of the Mediterranean where Odysseus lost his way and people live and work to this day.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Solarization is the process of killing a lawn or an expanse of weeds by soaking it with a hose or a sprinkler system and then covering it with clear plastic, held down by rocks or bricks.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your wallet — and your customer service experience — will depend on knowing the difference.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For planes flying 30,000 feet above sea level or military vehicles traveling through combat zones, that level of reliability can mean the difference between life and death.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And if the Fed ends up cutting fewer times than traders expect, including three this year, the market could retreat in disappointment.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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One deputy retreated while two of them fired their guns, hitting Williams and Lane, authorities said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An Arkansas woman almost threw away a winning lottery ticket with a big prize.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Zhao did another pass to condense it, pick the things to keep and throw away.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The expansion and contraction of credit directly controls the width of the triangle.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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There has been an absence of pace and width.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Biglari’s core demands were to stop opening new stores entirely, eliminate the development team to save money, and focus exclusively on improving existing store operations rather than expansion.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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The expansion team has lost each of its last five games against the Lynx, and most recently suffered one of their worst losses of the season in Game 1 on Sunday in a 29-point defeat.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her family has been willing to pay the price for political beliefs at odds with Israel’s increasingly right-wing turn that has seen any prospect of a two-state solution recede further and further from possibility.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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American lives are being saved, with overdose deaths finally starting to recede significantly for the first time in over a decade.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distance. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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