worlds apart

idiom

: completely different
Your ideas and mine are worlds apart.
Their living conditions were worlds apart.

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Yes, Buckley and Trump are indeed worlds apart in style, and in some critical respects, on substance. Michael Catanzaro, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025 The hearing was focused on whether to allow a $280 million gas plant in the Town of Paris – near a We Energies’ solar farm but worlds apart for the plant's opponents. Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 Pounding away on a prison typewriter, Chad Scott seemed worlds apart from President Donald Trump. Jim Mustian, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025 This freshly re-imagined Jag is worlds apart from that old German brute, but was similar in the sense of feeling wonderfully light and responsive, and utilizing hydraulic fluid to power its steering. Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for worlds apart

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“Worlds apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worlds%20apart. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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