a world apart from
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: completely different from
The neighborhood she lives in now is a world apart from the small town where she grew up.
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Don seemed to live in a world apart from his family and the rest of society.
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Alex Traub, New York Times, 18 June 2023
However, the visual projections by Camilla Tassi, based on the arresting work of English painter and sculptor Mary Frank, effectively created a world apart from the mundane, perfect for the piece’s dreamlike narrative of archetypes.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
With prices at luxury brands rising in recent years—some, like Chanel, eye-poppingly so—the resilience in demand makes fashion feel a world apart from economic anxieties.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
And with its disheveled engineers, in-office cots and occasional toilet paper shortages, Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters is a world apart from the glitzy media halls of Manhattan.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 14 May 2023
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Alex Traub, New York Times, 18 June 2023
However, the visual projections by Camilla Tassi, based on the arresting work of English painter and sculptor Mary Frank, effectively created a world apart from the mundane, perfect for the piece’s dreamlike narrative of archetypes.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
With prices at luxury brands rising in recent years—some, like Chanel, eye-poppingly so—the resilience in demand makes fashion feel a world apart from economic anxieties.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
And with its disheveled engineers, in-office cots and occasional toilet paper shortages, Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters is a world apart from the glitzy media halls of Manhattan.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 14 May 2023
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“A world apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20world%20apart%20from. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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