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[ adverb ] by a considerable margin

Examples

"she was by far the smartest student" "it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten"

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

I would have stood there and died there if left to myself , but Cousin_Simmons grabbed my arm in his viselike grip and fairly plucked me out of there ; and_then I came_to some sanity and plunged away with such extraordinary speed that I outdistanced Cousin_Simmons by_far .

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