opposite/other extreme
idiom
—used to contrast something that is beyond what is normal or reasonable in one extreme with something else that is in an opposite amount or to an opposite degree beyond what is normal or reasonable
After spending lavishly for years, the company has now gone to the opposite/other extreme and has cut expenses drastically.
Examples of opposite/other extreme in a Sentence
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Global ocean warmth can add more power to hurricanes and other extreme weather events, including scorching heat waves and intense rainfall.
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Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
In some places, the availability of water is becoming increasingly scarce, while in others, climate change is intensifying rainfall, floods and other extreme weather events.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
The Future State of Atmospheric Rivers Similar to other extreme weather events like hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, the atmospheric rivers impacting the West Coast are growing in intensity and volatility.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
At the other extreme, barn finds—neglected and dusty—exert a special allure.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
The tendency becomes either to throw the baby out with the bathwater and ignore this issue, or go to the other extreme, and not have the technology at all.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy went to the other extreme, ran as an obsequious toady to Trump, and dropped out of Iowa after finishing with 7.7 percent of the vote, double digits behind both DeSantis and Haley.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
At the opposite extreme are works made of concrete, none more famous than Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels (1973-76).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
In some places, the availability of water is becoming increasingly scarce, while in others, climate change is intensifying rainfall, floods and other extreme weather events.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
The Future State of Atmospheric Rivers Similar to other extreme weather events like hurricanes and severe thunderstorms, the atmospheric rivers impacting the West Coast are growing in intensity and volatility.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
At the other extreme, barn finds—neglected and dusty—exert a special allure.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
The horror of conflict At the other extreme, Professor Leo H. Baekeland, president of the American Chemical Society, worried that futuristic weaponry could obliterate humanity in the blink of an eye.
—USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
The tendency becomes either to throw the baby out with the bathwater and ignore this issue, or go to the other extreme, and not have the technology at all.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy went to the other extreme, ran as an obsequious toady to Trump, and dropped out of Iowa after finishing with 7.7 percent of the vote, double digits behind both DeSantis and Haley.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
At the opposite extreme are works made of concrete, none more famous than Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels (1973-76).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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