some distance

idiom

: not a short way
The nearest gas station is some distance away.

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The adjustment has a tennis guise too, which might go some distance toward explaining Navarro’s first two matches here this month. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 The battery in a plug-in hybrid can travel some distance on battery power alone. Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Bursts could potentially be produced by an event in the star's magnetic field itself, or the star could be launching some energetic material that subsequently produces an FRB at some distance from the star. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025 There's definitely some distance growing between Kevin Costner and his Yellowstone family. Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for some distance 

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“Some distance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/some%20distance. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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