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.
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The point about benchmarks or context is also important in the Helene scenario as well as other extreme weather events.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
At the other extreme, inhabiting an entirely different world, are tetrachromats—women who, with a mutation of the X chromosome and an extra cone receptor in their retinae, can see a hundred times more color and color within color.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
Italian law does not require the content of posters to be approved by cities or regions, but companies that own the advertising space are expected to follow rules that forbid the support of fascism or other extreme views, a spokesperson from Italy’s main media governing body told CNN.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Farmers growing them typically enroll in multi-peril insurance, which insures individual crops against poor harvests caused by disease, flooding, droughts and other extreme weather.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
At the other extreme, inhabiting an entirely different world, are tetrachromats—women who, with a mutation of the X chromosome and an extra cone receptor in their retinae, can see a hundred times more color and color within color.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
Italian law does not require the content of posters to be approved by cities or regions, but companies that own the advertising space are expected to follow rules that forbid the support of fascism or other extreme views, a spokesperson from Italy’s main media governing body told CNN.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
Farmers growing them typically enroll in multi-peril insurance, which insures individual crops against poor harvests caused by disease, flooding, droughts and other extreme weather.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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“Opposite/other extreme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opposite%2Fother%20extreme. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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