far removed from
idiom
: 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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But his performance was far removed from his previous MVP form.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
And Iraqis did celebrate the ouster of Saddam Hussein, who was an unelected tyrant, deeply hated, and far removed from society, hiding in his many palaces.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
But although Foxx and his nerdy partner Dave Franco have a few fun buddy-cop moments, the movie feels far removed from the wit and inventiveness of John Wick, with director J.J. Perry (who did stunt work on the first two Wick pictures) delivering a fairly generic genre flick.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025
The traditional picture of Turing held him to be a mathematician’s mathematician, dwelling in a realm far removed from practical engineering.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
And Iraqis did celebrate the ouster of Saddam Hussein, who was an unelected tyrant, deeply hated, and far removed from society, hiding in his many palaces.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
But although Foxx and his nerdy partner Dave Franco have a few fun buddy-cop moments, the movie feels far removed from the wit and inventiveness of John Wick, with director J.J. Perry (who did stunt work on the first two Wick pictures) delivering a fairly generic genre flick.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025
The traditional picture of Turing held him to be a mathematician’s mathematician, dwelling in a realm far removed from practical engineering.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Far removed from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20removed%20from. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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