beyond (all) recognition
idiom
: to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable
The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.
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Nor is there a shortage of viscera: entrails are yanked from their wet, warm cavities, or pulped beyond recognition.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
Adding fuel to the fire: AI, which is poised to transform work beyond recognition.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Both were found burned beyond recognition in a car by the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx the next day.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
Our daily lives have been mangled beyond recognition.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
Adding fuel to the fire: AI, which is poised to transform work beyond recognition.
—Ryan Wong, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Both were found burned beyond recognition in a car by the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx the next day.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
Our daily lives have been mangled beyond recognition.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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