farthermost
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of farthermost
Example Sentences
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"I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and romantic."
From Time Magazine Archive
While his Secretary of State Pacelli, his Dr. Aminta Milan! and the others stood silent, his Holiness Pope Pius XI began speaking to the farthermost corners of the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though they resemble ordinary stars when viewed through optical telescopes, they are billions of lightyears* away, the farthermost objects in the observable universe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, using the red shift from some quasars as a yardstick indicates that they could be 10 billion or more light-years away�making them the farthermost objects ever observed in the heavens by astronomers.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked up quickly, and there sat Weeng on the farthermost branch of the tree.
From Thirty Indian Legends by Bemister, Margaret
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