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Six example sentences with distal, each labelled with its topic.
The break sits at the distal end of the forearm, just above the wrist rather than near the elbow.
Medicine
Runners feel the ache in the distal calf first, closer to the heel than to the knee.
Fitness
In the fossil the distal segment of the fin is missing, so only the part nearest the body survived.
Science
The robot arm's distal joint, the one farthest from its base, carries the gripper and does the delicate work.
Technology
A jammed finger usually swells at the distal joint, the one nearest the fingertip, after a hard pass hits it.
Basketball
Fine silt settles in the distal reaches of the delta, far from the river mouth where the coarse sand drops out.
Environment
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