
that we're trying to make
things work long DISTANCE.
The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 2

I hear you're in some sort
of a long DISTANCE situation?
The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 6

At that DISTANCE,
any GPR system would detect us,
Money Heist Season 1, Episode 8

(MEN YELLING IN DISTANCE)
Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2

No one would say that.
A light-year is a unit of DISTANCE, not time.
The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 17