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Recent Examples of remoteness
But for those who visit, the remoteness is part of the appeal.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
The main hindrances then became the remoteness of the Moreton Bay district, the lack of understanding of the region in Sydney, and the consequent small number of settlers—no more than 2,000 in the mid-1840s.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Because of its remoteness, Easter Island has only been used as a filming location in a small number of movies, including a 1994 action-adventure movie called Rapa-Nui that was produced by Kevin Costner.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
The program continues his commitment to creative exchange with local communities, using the site’s remoteness as a catalyst rather than a constraint.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
In addition to its stunning landscapes, the thing that makes Denali National Park so special is its remoteness.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Kyne said climate change and warming oceans could potentially be driving sharks toward colder Southern Hemisphere waters, but data on range changes near Antarctica is limited due to the region’s remoteness.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
The window for observation is narrow, the equipment is limited, and the remoteness of the region makes sustained monitoring a serious logistical challenge.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
Climate change and warming oceans could potentially be driving sharks to the Southern Hemisphere’s colder waters, but there was limited data on range changes near Antarctica because of the region’s remoteness, Kyne said.
—CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
The main hindrances then became the remoteness of the Moreton Bay district, the lack of understanding of the region in Sydney, and the consequent small number of settlers—no more than 2,000 in the mid-1840s.
—Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
Because of its remoteness, Easter Island has only been used as a filming location in a small number of movies, including a 1994 action-adventure movie called Rapa-Nui that was produced by Kevin Costner.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
The program continues his commitment to creative exchange with local communities, using the site’s remoteness as a catalyst rather than a constraint.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
In addition to its stunning landscapes, the thing that makes Denali National Park so special is its remoteness.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Kyne said climate change and warming oceans could potentially be driving sharks toward colder Southern Hemisphere waters, but data on range changes near Antarctica is limited due to the region’s remoteness.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
The window for observation is narrow, the equipment is limited, and the remoteness of the region makes sustained monitoring a serious logistical challenge.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
Climate change and warming oceans could potentially be driving sharks to the Southern Hemisphere’s colder waters, but there was limited data on range changes near Antarctica because of the region’s remoteness, Kyne said.
—CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness
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Inside stood several farmhouses cozily positioned within a comfortable walking distance from one another.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those questions signaled their belief that anyone occupying that office should maintain their distance from the president and uphold the Justice Department’s independence.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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For example, Vermont legislators have introduced legislation requiring that tech products used in school be registered and certified with the Secretary of State to prove limited data collection and the absence of addictive algorithms.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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And haunting is about distance, the presence of an absence.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Meis moves from the Baroque virtuosity of Rubens’s study of a drunken mythological figure, through the jagged modernist puzzle of Marc’s allegorical animals, to Mitchell’s painterly abstractions and their flickering landscape allusions.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Seidle sketches out miniature worlds on his Casio with the oblong abstractions of a kindergartener doodling on a piece of paper, his primitive songs existing in a kind of nascent pre-genre state.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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As with any addiction, people who stop smoking might experience cravings and withdrawals.—
Bautista Vivanco,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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This entails changing pretax funds to Roth money, which comes with an upfront tax bill but has the benefit of tax-free withdrawals in retirement.—
Jessica Dickler,Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The initial photos or videos were ones of unawareness of what is about to go down.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, the 67-year-old French retiree had been happily married for nearly 50 years when she was informed by police that her husband, Dominique, had over the past decade repeatedly drugged her into unconsciousness, raped her, and videotaped scores of other men raping her as well.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 Mar. 2026
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Mercader slipped into unconsciousness twice, resurfacing to offer up more vague, contradictory claims that seemed scripted.—
Josh Ireland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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There’s an implication early on that Pumpkin harbors her own secrets, but the portrait remains too blank to sell her detachment as a riddle worth solving.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Create a safe place to practice independence so that the inevitable detachment from you is not too difficult, suggests Miller.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
15 Mar. 2026
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After a two-hour tale of comical deception, betrayal, emotional cruelty, insensitivity and obliviousness, the audience is expected to swallow a message of caring and community.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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In Aspen, Wiseman deployed this method to showcase the casual obliviousness of some of his subjects.—
Vikram Murthi,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Remoteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoteness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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