How to Use opposite/other extreme in a Sentence
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Mookie Betts sits at the other extreme, a current star who will be 35 when the Olympics come around again.
—Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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And don't expect any other extreme changes from Ralph any time soon.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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The opposite extreme—dry air—could present its own set of problems.
—WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
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Trump’s approach to labor law in his first four years in office was at the other extreme.
—Paul F. Clark, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
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Thunderstorms and other extreme weather in the last few weeks have added to the airlines’ woes.
—Hugo Martínstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
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At the other extreme, Category 5 is used for storms with wind speeds of 158 mph or greater.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
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At the other extreme, Reform won 1 percent of the seats with 14 percent of the national vote.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 July 2024
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But other extreme weather events are not causing the same upward curve in deaths.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
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At the other extreme, the three exercises that were most correlated with the rest of the tests were push-ups, standing long jump, and the Beep Test.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
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At the other extreme, Massachusetts had the lowest gun death rate in the nation.
—Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 17 Feb. 2023
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This is all on top of the other extreme weather, scorching heat in Texas and Phoenix and floods in the Northeast, that has campers confused — and a bit frustrated.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
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Last year’s Wild team was an example of the opposite extreme.
—Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
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But, there’s the other extreme, too—where reporters may focus too much on the numbers and do not provide enough context.
—Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 8 June 2021
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In other extreme wildfires, these precautions have been shown to help save homes.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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At the other extreme were countries like Iraq, where Jews were stripped of their citizenship and had their assets seized.
—Dara Horn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
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At the other extreme, the private sector could have spent the handouts all at once, in which case there would have been hyperinflation.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2021
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Heat waves are unlike other extreme events such as hurricanes and floods.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 16 July 2024
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As usual, this led to the opposite extreme: the expectation of a quick return to normal life.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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At the other extreme, however, people divide themselves in such a way that as few as possible end up in the same room.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
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At the other extreme, dark matter could spread out in a fine mist of particles thousands of trillions of trillions of times lighter than electrons.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
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Wolf pack mode is on the other extreme, marked by constant urgency and frequent strategic shifts.
—Roland Siebelink, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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So far, none has required the use of a ventilator or other extreme measures.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
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Dylan is a catch — all wonderful kind of fantasist, and Billy is at the other extreme.
—Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
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Drought, floods and other extreme weather have challenged many of the traditional ways, causing yields to fall.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
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Their reasoning was simple and complex to shake off: who wants to bring a child into a world of droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events linked to climate change?
—Simi Thambi, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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The hail — part of a larger pattern of severe storms, heat and other extreme weather fueled by climate change — smashed the bulk of Scottsbluff’s glass panels.
—Mark Chediak, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
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Few places were untouched by the wild weather, some at the opposite extreme: long-standing record highs were broken in cities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
—Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
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At the other extreme, barn finds—neglected and dusty—exert a special allure.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
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On the flip side, some retirees swing to the other extreme, packing their schedules with social activities.
—Kiplinger Consumer News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, along with other extreme weather events like hurricanes and heat waves.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 June 2025
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