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.

Examples of far removed from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Yet some of the collages are far removed from their real-world origins. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023 The trade-off is that they’re far removed from any sort of cohesive artistic community. Ned Resnikoff, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2023 Nicole Ari Parker and Chris Jackson at least get a lot to do as Lisa and Herbert, but their stories tend to feel so far removed from everything else as to be part of another show. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023 Or perhaps instead a TOE would spark no major advances at all and would only offer breakthrough insights for realms and regimes so far removed from human experience as to be immaterial to everyone’s everyday lives. Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2023 But this far removed from its 1946 premiere, the dance also felt like a tribute to Samuel Barber’s haunting score, which seemed itself to hang ominously from the rafters, the music teetering indefinitely on an unfathomable brink. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023 But inside, the learners are far removed from their rural surroundings. Nokukhanya Musi, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2023 We’re not far removed from the atrocities of yesterday. Jameelah Nasheed, Essence, 10 Aug. 2023 Assuming you are far removed from your child-rearing years, are there any other side effects people should be aware of? Amy Synnott, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023 See More

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“Far removed from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20removed%20from. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.

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