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  1. Also, far and away. To the greatest degree, by a large margin. For example, She is by far the most experienced member of the cast, or, as Anthony Trollope wrote, “He was far and away the cleverest of his party” (The Duke's Children, 1880). The first term dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the mid-1800s. Also see by half.

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But by far, the most interesting food moment of this season hasn’t been the eggs, the turkey or the cold, unspreadable butter.

From Salon

Nvidia is by far the dominant maker of graphics processing units, which have largely powered the AI revolution so far.

From MarketWatch

Last September's unrest erupted as youth protests against a brief social media ban, but was fuelled by far wider anger at economic stagnation and corruption.

From Barron's

The US is by far Canada's largest customer, making up about 75% of Canadian exports.

From BBC

Over the past few weeks, Duane had discovered that the musk ox had few interests, and of those few, his top interest was by far himself.

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