1
as in distance
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in absence
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness
Noun
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Flowers kept his distance the following summer and got a job at Charlestown Senior Living in Catonsville.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025 -
Keep clear of puddles - Driving through puddles or low rainwater areas can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Their absences are notable given speculation about their political futures.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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However, in the absence of primary health care programs in many low- and middle-income countries, early detection and, at times, proper medical treatment is not always a possibility.—
Ramsha Waseem,
Smithsonian Magazine,
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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There’s a New Spirituality in Pop Music June 7, 1987 As religion and crypto-religion were locked in mortal combat, the AIDS plague was sweeping across gay communities like a firestorm, to the complete indifference of the federal government and their Christian handmaidens.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Watching The Disappearance of Josef Mengele leaves one without any real feeling beyond indifference or deep disgust.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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“Remoteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoteness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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