a world apart

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: completely different

The place where she lives now is a world apart from the small town where she grew up.

Examples of a world apart in a Sentence

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Maury and Miner elementary schools are within walking distance of one another and in some ways a world apart — with lopsided demographics that mirror the racial and economic segregation surrounding them on D.C.’s Capitol Hill. —Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024

The best period dramas whisk viewers away to times and places that feel a world apart from the humdrum blandness of modern life: Corsets! —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2024

That’s not to say Manning Walker is a world apart from the young subjects of her film. —Thomas Page, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024

But a handful of once-a-year live film gigs with an orchestra is a world apart from Coachella, where Elfman — then 68 — was the oldest artist to appear last year. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023

The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown. —John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023

Cowboys and cattle are a way of life in Dodge, just as American as the Golden Gate Bridge, but also a world apart. —Lee Cowan, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023

Like Harvard, the center seems a world apart from the music’s humble beginnings. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023

Nora, Lee’s character in Past Lives, is a world apart from her quirky TV roles. —Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 18 June 2023