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  • 1Distant Relatives — Studio album by Nas and Damian Marley …

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  • 2Distant — Dis tant, a. [F., fr. L. distans, antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. [1913 Webster] One board had two tenons,… …

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  • 3Distant Waves — is a novel using the RMS Titanic as much of its setting. It is not a story completely of the Titanic, it mixes fiction with real people that were alive during the Titanic era. Plot A girl named Jane Taylor lives with her family of five sisters… …

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  • 4distant — distant, ante (di stan, stan t ) adj. Qui est à une certaine distance, en parlant des lieux. Ces deux villes sont distantes l une de l autre de cent kilomètres. •   Un homme qui était à côté de Josèphe, reçut un coup de pierre qui lui emporta la… …

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  • 5Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem …

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  • 6distant — dis|tant [ dıstənt ] adjective ** 1. ) usually before noun far away from the place where you are: I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic. Her eyes scanned the distant hills. The castle was four miles distant. a ) far away in time: The …

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  • 7distant */*/ — UK [ˈdɪstənt] / US adjective 1) a) [usually before noun] far away from the place where you are Her eyes scanned the distant hills. I could faintly hear the distant rumble of traffic. The castle was four miles distant. b) far away in time The… …

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  • 8distant — distantly, adv. distantness, n. /dis teuhnt/, adj. 1. far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often fol. by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here. 2. apart or far off in time: distant centuries past …

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  • 9Distant Land — For the 1987 Austrian German film, see The Distant Land. Distant Land is a 2010 television film directed by Niklas Holmgren and Anders Hazelius. The screen play is also written by Niklas Holmgren and Anders Hazelius. The film takes place on Fårö …

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  • 10distant*/ — [ˈdɪstənt] adj 1) far away from the place where you are the distant sound of traffic[/ex] stories from distant countries[/ex] 2) far away in time our ancestors from the distant past[/ex] 3) related, but not in a close way a distant… …

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