FAR CRY Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

far cry

noun

Definition of far cry

as in mile

a long distance the hotel is a far cry from the train station, so you'd better call a cab

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Recent Examples of far cry Those numbers are a far cry from numbers posted by Special, which debuted with approximately 69,000 in total units (including pure sales and streaming-equivalent numbers). — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026 Louis-Gabriel Nouchi adds that organizing well in advance allows the team to work on a lighter schedule this week, a far cry from the fashion stereotype that everyone works around the clock in the days leading up to a show. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 23 June 2026 But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 June 2026 Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines. — ABC News, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for far cry

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These meteors are debris from comet 109P/Swift–Tuttle, entering Earth’s atmosphere at around 37 miles per second (59 kilometers per second), according to the American Meteor Society.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The team flew over around 1,700 square miles, firing rapid laser pulses at the ground.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026

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