afield
adverb or adjective
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how did we get so far afield from the subject we intended to discuss?
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Also, your expectations about how good a job the AI will do in such a pretense mode need to be soberly tempered since the AI might end up far afield.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Iran could also seek to respond through militant attacks farther afield, as it has been widely accused of doing in the 1990s with an attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina that was blamed on Tehran and Hezbollah.
—Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Married couples have traditionally used their honeymoons as an opportunity to take once-in-a-lifetime trips that have long been on their wish lists or to book stays at romantic resorts in the Caribbean or farther afield.
—Shivani Vora, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Go a little further afield for day hikes, including the Lofty Lakes Loop (4.4 miles) or the 5.4-mile Three Divide Lakes trail, which both take you to different alpine lakes in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
—AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Iran could also seek to respond through militant attacks farther afield, as it has been widely accused of doing in the 1990s with an attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina that was blamed on Tehran and Hezbollah.
—Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
Married couples have traditionally used their honeymoons as an opportunity to take once-in-a-lifetime trips that have long been on their wish lists or to book stays at romantic resorts in the Caribbean or farther afield.
—Shivani Vora, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Go a little further afield for day hikes, including the Lofty Lakes Loop (4.4 miles) or the 5.4-mile Three Divide Lakes trail, which both take you to different alpine lakes in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
—AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
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“Afield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/afield. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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