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as in indirectly
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Recent Examples of distantly
Cochise, Navajo Yuma, and Gila Counties follow distantly, with between 4% and 6%.
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Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Too much traffic, too much vertigo, too many incomplete explanations because everyone was trying to feign a composure that no one, not even the most distantly related, could maintain.
—Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The surrounding badlands provide the perfect habitat for a wealth of cactus species, while mammals span from mule deer to the pronghorn, an antelope-like animal that’s distantly related to modern-day giraffes.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
In Gozo, residents peacefully sweep their doorsteps while church bells toll distantly in the background.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, UC Santa Cruz, Cornell University and other institutions published a paper suggesting that a type of virus distantly related to parvovirus, the cause of feline distemper in cats and canine parvovirus in dogs, might be behind the die-off.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Too much traffic, too much vertigo, too many incomplete explanations because everyone was trying to feign a composure that no one, not even the most distantly related, could maintain.
—Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
The surrounding badlands provide the perfect habitat for a wealth of cactus species, while mammals span from mule deer to the pronghorn, an antelope-like animal that’s distantly related to modern-day giraffes.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
In Gozo, residents peacefully sweep their doorsteps while church bells toll distantly in the background.
—AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2014, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, UC Santa Cruz, Cornell University and other institutions published a paper suggesting that a type of virus distantly related to parvovirus, the cause of feline distemper in cats and canine parvovirus in dogs, might be behind the die-off.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distantly
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Graf sided with a defense motion arguing the sheriff's office joint filing with the prosecution was procedurally improper, but did not make a decision about whether to issue a blanket ban on photography and video recording in the courtroom or hold certain hearings remotely.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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The judge said the defense and prosecution need additional time to complete discovery and file motions related to whether non-evidentiary hearings should be held remotely and whether the court should impose any restrictions on cameras in the courtroom.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the United States, there is a long history of sports betting and match-fixing crimes that have been tied to organized crime, both directly and indirectly.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Distantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distantly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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