far and away

adverb

: by a considerable margin
was far and away the better team

Examples of far and away in a Sentence

that Mexican restaurant is far and away the best in the area
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Conversely, Meta Platforms is far and away the leading megacap, up 21% in the just the past five weeks. Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025 Browsers like Google Chrome often have built-in password managers, but Chrome, though far and away the most popular internet browser in the world, is also one of the least secure and least private. Samantha Riedel, Them, 5 Feb. 2025 The financial company's estimates, cited by Fortune, found that this could result in an average price increase of $2,100 for each vehicle assembled in the U.S. Gas Canada is far and away the largest natural gas supplier to the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 In a country where baseball is far and away the most popular sport, football/soccer has always teetered on the edge of obscurity. Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for far and away 

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of far and away was in 1830

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“Far and away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20and%20away. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

far and away

adverb
: by a great extent or degree
was far and away the better team
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