far-flung
Americanadjective
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extending over a great distance.
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widely disbursed or distributed.
adjective
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widely distributed
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far distant; remote
Etymology
Origin of far-flung
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The abundance of domestic visitors, on the other hand, shows that its lure has grown among people from far-flung corners of the country.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Vitol plays a linchpin role in the global economy as one of a handful of companies connecting far-flung energy producers and users and managing the movement of billions of dollars of oil and other commodities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
But this is only part of my debt to the internet: day after day the postman has brought packages of books to my door, acquired from far-flung corners of the world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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