1
as in distance
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in absence
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness
Noun
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The difference is as vast as the straight-line distance of 6,882 miles between Pittsburgh and the Eagles’ home in Daejeon, South Korea.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025 -
Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Kansas City fans took note of Erceg’s absence Wednesday in the Royals’ 3-2 win over the Reds.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Their absences are notable given speculation about their political futures.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Their poll measured everything from favorite color to painting size to preferences for realism or abstraction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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For example, Johnson has embraced what art historians call gestural abstraction, a spontaneous style of smearing, pouring or dribbling paint on canvas, pioneered by artists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, who also incorporated figures into his expressive technique.—
Jacoba Urist,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The sculpture’s location itself is one of total urban deletion and communicative displacement as much as the sculptural structure is one of perceptual withdrawal and refusal of even a minimum of gratifying tactility.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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No one knows exactly how much is left, but the study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, shows an alarming rate of withdrawal of a vital water source for a region that could also see its supply of Colorado River water shrink.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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After a short hike through a loblolly pine forest to the beach, there's a feeling of near-complete detachment from the rest of the world.—
Simon Davidson,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2025
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This detachment from human-centric ethics, driven by pure optimization, is where the unsettling behavior begins to manifest.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Voices Hiltzik: Trump and Vance are dead wrong — economists unanimously agree that U.S. tariffs are a tax on American consumers Sept. 4, 2024 Trump’s tariff orders betray the same inattention to detail.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Attention Binaural beats may help improve attention and be particularly useful for young people who experience inattention.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
13 Aug. 2024
Noun
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But at a 2% real return, that point of indifference goes up to 83.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The state’s indifference has left districts on their own, notching defeats and some small victories, like Ivan, who ultimately realized his behavior was undermining his future.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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“Remoteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoteness. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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