a world apart

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: completely different

The place where she lives now is a world apart from the small town where she grew up.

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Here are their tips for layering on the greenery and using every inch of space to create an oasis that feels a world apart from the city. —

Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2024 Mao's signature carnage, the Cultural Revolution, was a chaotic orgy of violence, a world apart from Stalin's meticulously scripted Great Terror and show trials of the 1930s. —

Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2017 The two men are a world apart—until a horrific misunderstanding leads to Watling trapping a friend of Beth's in his basement. —

Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024 View More The watercolor, though, feels a world apart from his luminous silhouettes and vivid storylines. —

Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for a world apart

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