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.
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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
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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
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