as in farthest
most distant from a center
news of the emperor's death had spread even to the remotest corners of the empire
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remotest
Adjective
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That's close to the farthest point in its orbit, which is 252,088 miles away, according to NASA.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023 -
Shortly before entering that orbit, NASA says Orion will travel 57, 287 miles beyond the moon at its farthest point from the lunar surface.—
Lee Roop | lroop@al.com,
al,
23 Nov. 2022
Adverb
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Thus far, the band has played at Phoenix Innovation Park at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a farm in Ames, Iowa and in Los Angeles.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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But despite air support, Somalia’s army remains far from being able to maintain security on the ground, Langley acknowledged.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
Adverb
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2025
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Part 1: in 1904, a family friend, General Kuropatkin, is entertaining young Nabokov with a trick involving matches when he is suddenly called away to the Russo-Japanese War.—
Elif Batuman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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“Remotest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remotest. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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