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noun

the approximate distance a vehicle needs to come to a complete stop after the brakes are applied.

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Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
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“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.
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The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.
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How much distance was there between the two men when Brown was shot?
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I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.
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Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
And the others, not knowing that he had that day repented, sat at their distance and tried to form no conclusion.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
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