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• But the cuts are a far cry from what the G.O.P. once threatened.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• That’s a far cry from the $7,208 per person the same route would have cost us at the time of booking.
  — Callie Radke Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2024
• Still, that's a far cry from Towns' career mark of 39.8% from deep.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• The performance was a far cry from the team’s 4-0 loss in Columbus last week.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024
• In a scene that's a far cry from where last week's episode left us, the two then proceed to the ship's upper deck.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Christened Noy, the new multihull is a far cry from the boats on the ocean thousands of years ago.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2022
• The newest normal will be a far cry from the peak TV of old, however.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
• That’s a far cry from the Web3 obituaries that have been written over the past year.
  — François Candelon, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
• That is still a far cry from the hundreds of thousands of men playing in both countries.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• This careful approach to heat styling is a far cry from the practice of heat training.
  — Kayla Greaves, Allure, 18 Sep. 2024
• Seaweed farms are a far cry from the rows of corn and wheat that make up monoculture farming on land.
  — Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• The calm scene is a far cry from the revving tractors and bales of hay blocking major highways just a few miles outside the city.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
• Wisconsin gets to start right at midfield, a far cry from the poor field position of the last drive.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• Jones is somewhat boyish, a far cry from Augie, the grieving and confused dad.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
• These numbers are a far cry from the 77 percent of who expressed the same sentiments.
  — Monica Sager, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• Those cases are a far cry from suing every creator of a meme, of course.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2023
• My hair comes out of each wash whisper-soft and moisturized, a far cry from the wiry, bone-dry mop I was forced to work with pre-Jupiter.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2023
• This was a far cry from the big-vision data-center broad strokes posed by Huang in his keynote.
  — John Burek, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
• Rooted in cottagecore, these mini-blooms are a far cry from the blousy florals of chintz or the punchy flowers of pop art.
  — Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2024
• Downtown Huntsville back then was a far cry from its vibrant state today.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 22 Apr. 2023
• That’s a far cry from the tens of thousands that turned out to vote in the early hours of the 2022 primary and general elections.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• The joys of domesticity are a far cry from Miller’s last stopover in Portland as a 19-year-old.
  — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
• Enacted in 2019, the idea was simple, and a far cry from the strict, New York City-style rent control that landlords so fear.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• That’s a far cry from the mid-30s assumptions shoppers are making.
  — Tyler Renaghan, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
• This iteration of Trump is a far cry from the one who won the presidency in 2016.
  — Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
• Rapp’s vibe in person, though, is warm and ironic, a far cry from Queen Bee Regina’s ice-cold hauteur.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
• Bell has posted a dismal OPS below .700 which is a far cry from his career norms.
  — Craig Mish, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
• Rodrigo's whole look is a far cry from the brazen, in-your-face outfits of the 2000s: Her letting the fuzzy top be the focal point feels like just the right amount of statement.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2023
• Certainly a far cry from when the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was just happy to snag a job in a mailroom for the free supplies.
  — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• This is a far cry from the outlook even a matter of months ago when a shaky July jobs report led to calls for an emergency rate cut.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024