beyond (all) recognition
idiom
: to such a degree as to look completely different and be unrecognizable
The renovations changed the house beyond (all) recognition.
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Calling it fraud when plastic is labeled as recyclable stretches language beyond recognition.
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Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
One of the main themes in this episode beyond recognition was also growth and new opportunities.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Especially in the world of business, where the lines between inspiration and appropriation, leadership and exploitation, credit and silence are often blurred beyond recognition.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Israel and the rest of the world were flooded with images of the bloody aftermath; some showed bodies burned beyond recognition.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
One of the main themes in this episode beyond recognition was also growth and new opportunities.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Especially in the world of business, where the lines between inspiration and appropriation, leadership and exploitation, credit and silence are often blurred beyond recognition.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Israel and the rest of the world were flooded with images of the bloody aftermath; some showed bodies burned beyond recognition.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Beyond (all) recognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20%28all%29%20recognition. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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