Surveyors used slant distances measured from the hilltop to map the steep terrain accurately.

We measured the keyboard distances across different models to determine optimal ergonomic layouts.

In international business studies, power distances often determine communication styles and hierarchical behavior across cultures.

Coaches often debate the importance of downs and distances when planning offensive plays.

Airport engineers reviewed the security distances between runways to ensure safe aircraft operations.

Hubble distances between distant galaxies help astronomers estimate the expansion rate of the universe.

Astronomers use luminosity distances to estimate how far away supernovae are.

Scientists measured the lunar distances between the two landing sites to refine their models of the Moon's orbit.

When comparing binary strings, Hamming distances provide a simple metric for quantifying differences between codewords.

Cartesian distances between sensor nodes were used to estimate the network's layout.