as in mile
a long distance
the experienced birder was able to identify birds from afar
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Recent Examples of afar
Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Organizers might have had another, subtler motivation to look afar.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Noun
What has become of our beautiful-from-afar, but gross-up-close city?
—Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 13 July 2019
Grey Worm was largely motivated to violence by Missandei's death, but seeing the damage from afar could shift his loyalties.
—Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
Adverb
Gift options for moms afar and opportunities for reward members
In addition to the latest cup releases, Starbucks has created new gift cards in honor of mother figures that customers can buy at participating Starbucks stores from April 16 to May 14.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Organizers might have had another, subtler motivation to look afar.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afar
Noun
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On the evening of Jan. 7, winds reached as high as 100 miles per hour across Southern California, downing trees and battering electrical poles, towers and lines.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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That money also is used to help fight California’s deadly wildfires, by paying for the maintenance of thousands of miles of forest roads.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The new transformer, which was delivered from a factory in North Carolina earlier this month, had initially been ordered to revive a dead substation elsewhere in the subway system.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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While free-agent slugger Pete Alonso makes the most sense to fill that void, president of baseball operations David Stearns could be looking elsewhere for external solutions.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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After a couple of years, the family dynamic began to fall apart.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Just hours apart, both Biden and Trump issued a flurry of pardons.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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When pressed over the national security concerns about ByteDance, Trump shied away from saying for sure if a divestiture deal would be hammered out.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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In October, 1985, Lammy watched the TV coverage of a riot that broke out on the Broadwater Farm Estate, a social-housing project two streets away from his house, when a Black woman died of heart failure after her apartment was searched by the police.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Afar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afar. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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