some distance

phrase

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

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In 2025, after a performance at the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, things came to a point where his bandmates needed some distance. — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 But Rodgers also delivered when Pittsburgh needed to put some distance between itself and Indianapolis. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 But laughter was also a way of maintaining some distance from what was happening, remaining the amused observer rather than the person to whom this was actually happening. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 The results of Israel’s election on October 27 may go some distance toward answering this question. — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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