Sentence examples for afield from inspiring English sources

'afield' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adverb meaning "in or to a distant place" or "extending in scope or range". For example: The detective went afield to investigate the case.

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afield

adverb

Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).

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Latha told me of a couple of other venues further afield (Jogger's Park in Bandra, and Marine Drive) but that's really just about it – for a city of 20 million-plus people.

Arfee's death was turning into a national story, with complaints lodged with the city's mayor from as far afield as Alabama, Florida and New Hampshire.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has been given a thunderous welcome as he delivered a speech to a crowd of 16,000 fans in Sydney Members of the Indian community from across Sydney and as far afield as Melbourne erupted in chants of "Modi, Modi, Modi" as the white-bearded 64-year-old appeared at the Allphones Arena.

Midfielder Mitch Duncan (35 possessions) and skipper Joel Selwood (29 disposals and two goals) challenged Hawkins for best afield honours.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply and has led to thousands of local women having to travel to Britain or further afield to terminate unwanted and crisis pregnancies.

Further afield we find Iran and Turkey Iranan definitely as a supporter of Hezbollah, while Turkey is more difficult to define as part of a hostile ring... [as despite diplomatic strains its] trade [with Israel] is booming.

Although most sources agree that it's probably Turkish in origin, baklava spread throughout the Ottoman empire, and can be found as far afield as Albania and Azerbaijan – with a similar spread of fillings.

Trade unions, who have historically been the biggest backers of the ALP, have been looking further afield to spend their money.

By the time that Lever sourced a wolf cub to tame, we can be certain that there were no longer any wolves in Britain so he probably looked further afield.

Around 7,500 of those were recruited from the EU, particularly Spain, Italy and Portugal, with 665 from further afield, including the Philippines and other countries in the far east.

Further afield, the British embassy in Buenos Aires cut its emissions by 33% in a year, with a 25.6% reduction coming through much greater use of video conferencing instead of flights.

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