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remote
/rɪˈməʊt/
adjective1 of 2
Far away, or done at a distance.
- “Remote working lets staff live far from the office.”Toofey
- “The remote was in the middle of the coffee table.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))