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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Ryan Coogler didn’t want to hide anymore The film conveys two forms of peonage prominent in the 1930s South—labor arrangements not far removed from slavery.
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Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Yet those chemicals were found at sites far removed from the landfill in addition to ones closer to the landfill.
—Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025
The country of slave labor and KKK patrols isn’t far removed from the country where Oscar Grant III, the subject of Coogler’s first feature, Fruitvale Station (2013), was shot in the back and murdered by a cop who would only serve an 11-month sentence.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
These are complex, granular issues far removed from the important questions, such as whether Mr. Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is lawful.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
Yet those chemicals were found at sites far removed from the landfill in addition to ones closer to the landfill.
—Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025
The country of slave labor and KKK patrols isn’t far removed from the country where Oscar Grant III, the subject of Coogler’s first feature, Fruitvale Station (2013), was shot in the back and murdered by a cop who would only serve an 11-month sentence.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
These are complex, granular issues far removed from the important questions, such as whether Mr. Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is lawful.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Far removed from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far%20removed%20from. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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