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Meanings of distant in English
Synonyms
Examples for "removed"
Examples for "removed"
1
Last year, his Employment Support Allowance was removed following a health assessment.
2
Democracy is being deliberately removed, the latest example being the Lisbon treaty.
3
The party had previously said the petition was removed several weeks ago.
4
The messages were removed from both reality TV stars' social media accounts.
5
Can I ask why you have removed it from this fine house?'
1
He said migrants were often more willing to work in remote areas.
2
It said local authorities were still assessing the situation in remote townships.
3
However, timely information from these tests available via remote monitoring is underutilized.
4
Customers should also allow six business days for delivery to remote areas.
5
Telemedicine is a way to support health care delivery in remote areas.
Usage of distant in English
1
It was still distant, abstract: battles at sea thousands of miles off.
2
Hopefully there'll be some good news in the not too distant future.
3
Avery said simply, 'I saw him fall.' The tawny eyes were distant.
4
I appear where I am most needed, yet in hope most distant.
5
We must continue our acquaintance sometime in the not too distant future.
6
Not far enough to know things as distant as this map shows.
7
But France will always come a distant second in the loyalty stakes.
8
When asked if the host was distant and cold, Nikkie said yes.
9
In the growing light, he heard the distant sound of roaring water.
10
Path of cannon ball; weight of fish in water; hitting distant mark.
11
My people lived then in the distant Pa-lat Kwa-bi in the South.
12
He had hired it done, of course, using laborers from distant towns.
13
The fog outside had thickened; the sounds of the city seemed distant.
14
The bells rang for schools; the distant hum of the town began.
15
The roar of escaping gas was heard in Munroville, five miles distant.
16
Perhaps Earth in the distant past was simply closer to the Sun.
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Distant through the time
Distant across language varieties
Canada
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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