far and away
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But the correlation between the banks’ size and management compensation far and away exceeds other variables.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
"Clearly our strongest source of growth this year has been in fresh food, and that is, by far and away, the best thing people can eat," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
Fatigue is far and away my biggest problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
Breathe in this factoid for a second: The first “Freddy” is far and away Blumhouse’s highest-grossing movie, more than “Get Out” or “M3GAN,” by $120 million.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
This narrative opened with a storm, the hurricane Donna, far and away the greatest sendoff an expedition ever had and I thought at the time a little overboard.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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