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"remote" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often faraway (7 letters).
Definitions
inaccessible and sparsely populated
Word origin
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
Used in a sentence
“A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.”
“remote workers”
“After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“TV channel changer”6 letters
02“Far away from civilisation”6 letters
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