some distance

idiom

: not a short way
The nearest gas station is some distance away.

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That travels some distance to explain its second position on Forbes’ most valuable soccer teams list for 2025. Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 Vancouver props up the upper-left corner of the league’s geography, some distance from other Canadian clubs in Toronto and Montreal while being overshadowed in the Pacific Northwest by a historic rivalry between the Seattle Sounders and the Portland Timbers. Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 Having both guys on the floor allows Denver a great opportunity to put some distance between them and Los Angeles in the standings. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025 The latter is the only male character to contribute to a running voiceover that otherwise alternates between the female principals, sometimes looking back on their youth with some distance, and a more omniscient narrator. Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for some distance

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“Some distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20distance. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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