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distance.

distant.

distinguish.

distinguished.

district.

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Words nearby dist.

dissuasion, dissuasive, dissyllabize, dissyllable, dissymmetry, dist., distad, distaff, distaffer, distaff side, distain

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How to use dist. in a sentence

We, the undersigned members of the Society of Friends, beg leave to represent to thee, that we were lately drafted in the 3d Dist.
The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary|Cyrus Pringle
Unjaundiced, un-jn′dist, adj. not jaundiced, not affected by jealousy.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
This should be compared with Wace's description of Gawain, "plus volt faire que il ne dist, Et plus doner qu'il ne promist."
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret|Marie De France
Seigneurs et Sires, ces paroles qe j'ay dist sont tant à due en Franceys, vostre Roi vient à toy.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand

He spent $1000, and it was arranged in State committee that I was to go to the 8th dist.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1|Samuel J. Tilden