The object moved slowly in the sky like a distant planet.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

The near object's gravity bends the light rays from the more distant object and magnifies them like a lens.

BBC: Artist's concept of a distant world (BBC)

Make work legal, while making citizenship a distant object for those who want it.

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Obama's targeted tax cuts will make the worthy goal of tax simplification an even more distant object.

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