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by a long shot
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Princeton's WordNet
by a long shotadverb
by a great deal
"he is the best by a long shot"; "his labors haven't ended there--not by a long shot"
Wiktionary
by a long shotadverb
By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of by a long shot in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of by a long shot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of by a long shot in a Sentence
I think it's the best cooking we've ever done, by a long shot.
Is it the least-dangerous thing that we could do to go? No, but is it the most dangerous thing? Not by a long shot.
Nobody should count him out of the race. Strong, thoughtful, considerate, powerful, experienced -- a long shot for sure in Democratic circles, but as the other candidates start to winnow out, you never can tell what happens.
Zodiac Killer was incredible. It was a big shock, I never really thought we'd find anything because I had grown so used to failure, when I first started, I used to get excited when I would see some words come through -- they were like false positives, phantoms. I had grown used to that. It was a long shot -- we didn't even really know if there was a message.
It's a long shot and the odds are against us, but it feels like we are doing the right thing, we're working hard, but we're having fun. There's always music going at our campaign office -- and coffee.
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- de departe, nici pe departeRomanian
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