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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This might sound like a world apart from the flat expanses of South Florida, where the terrain typically alternates between swamp and suburban sprawl.
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Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Adaline and Kellen go to school less than two hours away from each other, but their experience in the classroom is a world apart.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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
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Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Adaline and Kellen go to school less than two hours away from each other, but their experience in the classroom is a world apart.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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
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“A world apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20world%20apart. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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