beyond (all) recognition

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: to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable

The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.

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The four images O’Connell posted included a screenshot of a user criticizing his untrimmed eyebrows, apparently prompting him to enlist his wife’s help in tweezing them beyond recognition. —

Jack Smart, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 As would be the case with the Harris-Walz proposals should that team win the White House, Congress would likely alter the proposals of a Trump administration beyond recognition. —

Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 In only a quarter of a century, marketing has changed almost beyond recognition. —

Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Its citizens were briefly among the richest in the world—until their country was strip-mined beyond recognition. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beyond (all) recognition

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