distant location
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistantandlocation
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distant
adjective
uk/ˈdɪs.tənt/us/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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location
noun
uk/ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a place ...
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(Definition ofdistantandlocationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdistant location
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Therefore, we have to face the great difficulties of getting staff to this ratherdistantlocation.
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Because the plants were buried in situ, rather than after transport to adistantlocation, important morphological details and ecological information can be obtained.
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Not every day is a performance day; many days on tour are spent simply traveling to adistantlocationor entirely on the practice field.
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In fact, the sound cues are both necessary and sufficient for localization of mice from adistantlocationwhere they are perched.
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It used electromagnets to drive and synchronize movement of pendulums at the source and thedistantlocation, to scan and reproduce images.
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This would mean that even a completely collapsed quantum system still can be found at adistantlocation.
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Telepractice is a method of reaching students and individuals in anydistantlocation.
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Individuals mate with their closest neighbors rather than with individuals in a moredistantlocation.
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In 2010, a group of scientists reported that fish larvae can drift on ocean currents and reseed fish stocks at adistantlocation.
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Local discourse will not provide much material on the distant locations and processes that are essential to global research.
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This dispersal capacity could help pioneer species to colonize distant locations.
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Those family members living nearby visited with him, and those in more distant locations called him on the phone.
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Studio rates are generally lower thandistantlocationrates, which would need to be paid (in addition to travel time and mileage) for work outside the studio zone.
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Although they live in distant locations, they maintain their friendship and frequently discuss their shared experience.
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She concluded that those collections in or adjacent to the nucleated core had higher average values than did those from more distant locations.
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Our first example includes robotic manipulators mounted on a mobile base which have to go back and forth between two distant locations (see subsection 5.2) to complete a pick-and-place operation.
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This is particularly the case when the research is being conducted in rural and remote areas where attendance at face-to-face focus groups involves travel to distant locations.
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Review of referral patterns indicates a much higher proportion of referrrals to this practitioner from distant locations in the past 6 months, consistent with a speaking tour he had taken.
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