a world apart
idiom
: completely different
The place where she lives now is a world apart from the small town where she grew up.
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At best, this is the stuff of primetime soap opera, written and played in a broad, banal register a world apart from the intense, stricken disorientation that Adams brings to her character.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
In fantasy, the Misty Isle is a world apart.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
In fantasy, the Misty Isle is a world apart.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Two mass shootings, a world apart Final exams on an Ivy League college campus.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
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“A world apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20world%20apart. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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