far removed from
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: very different from (something)
a pampered life far removed from the poverty of his youth
Hockey and soccer are not that far removed from each other.
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The reasons why typically rest on the unflattering look of it all: Brutalism is thought to be an eyesore, a relic of a different era far removed from our own.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet the increasingly normalized and casual use of the slur in the digital public square is so far removed from this framework of basic empathy, and from the euphemistic origins of the expression — a clinical term twisted for the purposes of disparagement — that the appeal to decency doesn’t apply.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
That level of efficiency isn’t sustainable, but James is far removed from his career-worst shooting slump from earlier in the season.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The equity is also far removed from its Dec. 6, four-year high of $349.75.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet the increasingly normalized and casual use of the slur in the digital public square is so far removed from this framework of basic empathy, and from the euphemistic origins of the expression — a clinical term twisted for the purposes of disparagement — that the appeal to decency doesn’t apply.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
That level of efficiency isn’t sustainable, but James is far removed from his career-worst shooting slump from earlier in the season.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
The equity is also far removed from its Dec. 6, four-year high of $349.75.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Far removed from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20removed%20from. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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