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• a  of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
  a long-distance call
  a long-distance transmission line
  a long-distance operator
• s  covering a long distance
  a long-distance runner
  a long-distance freight train
  she ran off with a long-distance truck driver

• Fishy or not, the Baby Bells have outmaneuvered the long-distance carriers at nearly every turn.
• Previously offered mainly by small start-ups, VOIP has generated so much interest that long-distance giant ATT began offering it this month.
• The FCC cuts long-distance telephone rates by $1.

News & Articles

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• 56 MPG 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTD is the Long-Distance Express Car of the Golf Range
  WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – June 11, 2013: GTD – these three letters say it all. They stand for “Gran Turismo Diesel” – the long-distance express car of the Golf range.
  June 11, 2013 - The Auto Channel
• Bicyclists follow Waterfront Trail across Ontario; spending as they go
  This surely isn’t the first time you’ve heard this, but it certainly bears repeating: Creating long-distance bicycle routes and trails draws travelers on two wheels who spend money. Twenty-seven Canadian communities will learn that this summer when a new, 370-mile section Ontario’s Waterfront Trail will be opened along the north shore of Lake Erie. Coming in the … Continue reading »
  June 11, 2013 - Biking Bis
• Library to host program on long-distance cycling
  WOODSTOCK – The Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., will host a program about long-distance cycling at 7 p.m. Thursday.
  June 9, 2013 - Northwest Herald

Quotes

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• Jacques Rogge in 940 News
  Haile Gebrselassie is arguably the best long-distance runner of the present generation,Rogge said, adding however, the runner is "slightly asthmatic."
• John McCain in New York Times
  This week, the presidential contest was a long-distance affair, with my opponent touring various continents and arriving yesterday in Paris,Mr. McCain said. "With all the breathless coverage from abroad, and with Senator Obama now...
• Konrad von Finckenstein in 680 News
  When applied to customers who did not make any long-distance calls, the monthly fee was equivalent to an unauthorized increase to the residential local service rate,said CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein. "We will use our powers...