Examples of far-off in a Sentence
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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For the new study, University of Ottawa ecologist Megan S. Reich and her colleagues captured 40 butterflies and discerned their far-off birthplaces based on variants, or isotopes, of the chemical elements hydrogen and strontium in their wings—thereby finding the true long-haulers.
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Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
Westlake Village isn't exactly a far-off destination for me.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Following the American Revolution, many in Maine began to express resentment about how the state legislature in far-off Boston administered the District of Maine, likening their situation to that of the American colonies before the Revolution.
— Made By History, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
After Butler’s first game with the Warriors — a blowout win over the Bulls to edge them back to .500 — head coach Steve Kerr said that the far-off team goal was to eventually climb up to the sixth seed.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
Westlake Village isn't exactly a far-off destination for me.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Following the American Revolution, many in Maine began to express resentment about how the state legislature in far-off Boston administered the District of Maine, likening their situation to that of the American colonies before the Revolution.
— Made By History, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
After Butler’s first game with the Warriors — a blowout win over the Bulls to edge them back to .500 — head coach Steve Kerr said that the far-off team goal was to eventually climb up to the sixth seed.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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