as in away
not close in time or space
many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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Recent Examples of far-off
He’s swiftly pressed into duty training the astronauts who will be sent on a mission to a far-off star for research and hopefully resolutions.
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Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation cartel, which started in the western state of Jalisco, is now a presence in far-off Chiapas.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Miguel Castro Freitas’s second collection for Muglar explored the brand's defining pillars, blending the glamour of the ‘40s and ‘80s with the drama of the far-off future.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
When anti‑vaxxers outweigh scientists Nowhere is that risk clearer than in the far-off corners of the internet where extreme viewpoints are often the loudest.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
The hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation cartel, which started in the western state of Jalisco, is now a presence in far-off Chiapas.
—Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Miguel Castro Freitas’s second collection for Muglar explored the brand's defining pillars, blending the glamour of the ‘40s and ‘80s with the drama of the far-off future.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
When anti‑vaxxers outweigh scientists Nowhere is that risk clearer than in the far-off corners of the internet where extreme viewpoints are often the loudest.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for far-off
Adjective
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During a slog of an away game at Penn State in which Dent went scoreless, Perry stepped up with a career-high 30 points to lift UCLA to victory.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Angels and Blue Jays still have their radio teams call the away games from a studio rather than travel.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This film is about the government ordering the elderly to relocate to distant housing colonies to maximize economic productivity.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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And to look at a distant, standardized class of object (most often type Ia supernovae) in the Universe that can be observed at a variety of distances to extrapolate how the Universe has expanded over the timespan that the light has traveled from those objects to our eyes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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What started as a fringe of far-right mothers has seen its interests collide with a presidential administration that embraces and amplifies their message, launching the group into a new level of influence in public policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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That vision of worldwide economic and cultural interdependence that enabled the proliferation of biennials in the ’90s has been steadily eroding amid the recent rise in nativism and far-right movements in the United States and Europe.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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For others, the moment carries a deeper meaning.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Return to Earth and splashdown After the lunar flyby, the crew will spend several days heading back to Earth while continuing to conduct deep-space tests, including evaluations of power systems, thermal controls, and crew operations far beyond low Earth orbit.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cave system was significantly impacted by construction of the Maya Train under former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, intended to connect Tulum and other tourist destinations to remote areas.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But because these were disallowed before there was a new system, they were just all removed … and that’s permanent.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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Next Tuesday, Simpson is scheduled to have a mastectomy on the side with three tumors and a lump removal on the other, with reconstructive surgery to move fat and an artery from her abdomen to replace the removed breast.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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