remote

[rɪˈmoʊt]

Definition:
1. Far distant in space.
2. Very unlikely.
3. Far distant in time.

'remote' example sentence:

1. Most VCRs can be programmed using a remote control handset.
2. I use a sunscreen whenever there is even a remote possibility that I will be in the sun.
3. She is interested in remote trail rides.
4. I was working the overnight shift in a remote hospital in the Rocky Mountains.
5. His theories are somewhat remote from reality.
6. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider.
7. He flipped through the channels with the remote.
8. This government depends on the wishes of a few who are remote from the people.
9. Teenagers are forced to study subjects that seem remote from their daily lives.
10. Yes, signal from radios, cell phones, TV stations, remote controls, you name it.
11. A machine designed for remote areas with bumpy roads and a host of other calamities.
12. Statistically our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote.
13. In remote mountain areas, voters arrived on horseback.
14. Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut.
15. The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
16. All our projects aim to promote the development of poor and remote communities.
17. It is possible to plug into remote databases to pick up information.
18. The chances of his surviving are pretty remote.
19. He reached for the remote control and pressed the "play" button.
20. The quake destroyed mud buildings in many remote villages.
21. In remote regions, the air is pure and the crops are free of poisonous insecticides.
22. The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.
23. The bomb was detonated by remote control.
24. He reached for the remote control and pressed the 'play' button.
25. This is true with anything: your watch, a remote control, even your relationships.
26. The chances of the disease being transferred to humans is extremely remote.
27. Bear in mind that gas stations are scarce in the more remote areas.
28. I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.
29. Slabs of rock had slipped sideways in the remote past and formed this hole.
30. Richard picked up the remote control and turned on the television.
31. The bandits fled to a remote mountain hideaway.
32. Nowadays tractors are used even in remote mountainous regions.
33. The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television.
34. They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car.
35. Many folk-tales have come down from a very remote past.
36. The farmhouse is remote from any other buildings.
37. It can translate data from maps or remote sensing instruments into images.
38. I think the chances of getting reforms accepted by the community at large remain extremely remote.
39. The group has been living in a remote corner of the Cambodian jungle.
40. A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.
41. Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas.
42. The legend goes ( or can be traced) back to remote antiquity.
43. She looked so beautiful, and at the same time so remote.
44. A flying doctor service operates in remote regions.
45. There is still a remote chance that they will find her alive.
46. The military truck was taking 14 men on exercise in a remote area of Norway.
47. The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.
48. Bear in mind that petrol stations are scarce in the more remote areas.
49. I can't find the remote control.
50. It works by remote control.