How to Use a world apart in a Sentence
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Bella Vista is just six miles from the Promenade of the Tourists, but the two places are a world apart.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
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That’s not to say Manning Walker is a world apart from the young subjects of her film.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
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Two flights and more than 900 miles away, the northwestern state of Rajasthan is a world apart.
—Time, 12 Jan. 2023
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But the heart and soul of any pizza is the crust, and this presentation was a world apart from the heavy, greasy stuff.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
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The neighborhood sprawls for many blocks, a world apart from the skyscrapers of downtown.
—John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
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Don seemed to live in a world apart from his family and the rest of society.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 18 June 2023
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The passing show outside on Essex Street is a world apart.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
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On the other hand, what Meta is building in the metaverse is a world apart, Borget said.
—Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
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The 132-acre Stone Bridge Ranch, however, feels a world apart from any hubbub, predating much of what is now in the area.
—Katharine Jose, Chron, 2 Apr. 2023
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The storybook theme park that unrolls in and around woodlands just south of Salem has been a world apart for nearly 50 years.
—oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2020
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For decades, coastal Orange County has seen itself as a world apart from those of us who live inland.
—Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
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Aitkin is about 30 miles northeast of Brainerd and a world apart in expectations.
—Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2021
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Like Harvard, the center seems a world apart from the music’s humble beginnings.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
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Higher education was ever less a world apart and more a world in which many people spent some time.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
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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
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Little Island managed to accomplish what islands sometimes do: hold you for a spell in a world apart.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
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But the question facing the thousands of women, half a world apart, is whether anyone—finally—will listen.
—Fortune, 16 Mar. 2021
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Her experience was a world apart from what players have today.
—Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
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Just 45 minutes from the airport in Puerta Vallarta, Punta de Mita feels a world apart.
—Ashlea Halpern, Marie Claire, 5 May 2021
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Enlightening the rest of the country Ever since California became a state, residents have viewed their land and their politics as a world apart from the rest of the nation.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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Enlightening the rest of the country Ever since California became a state, residents have viewed their land and their politics as a world apart from the rest of the nation.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, 3 miles and a world apart.
—NBC News, 14 Oct. 2020
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Despite its proximity to Manhattan and its ritzy southern counterpart, the area feels like a world apart with its country roads dotted with stellar vineyards and farms.
—Ivette Manners, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2022
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Photographed by Carlos Jaramillo Mostly undeveloped and 20 minutes from the mainland, Sapelo is a world apart.
—Ariel Felton, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023
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Fisher Island has been a world apart ever since it was created when a federal dredging project to improve the port of Miami separated it from Miami Beach in 1905.
—Alexander Lobrano, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
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And with its disheveled engineers, in-office cots and occasional toilet paper shortages, Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters is a world apart from the glitzy media halls of Manhattan.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 14 May 2023
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The company’s corporate cookie-cutter quality is a world apart from the funky charm of its mom-and-pop competitors, but there are compensations, including tidy settings and a parade of seasonal, price-conscious promotions.
—Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
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Across California, medical professionals such as Almasri live a world apart from average citizens, who have no clear window into the conditions of hospital wards.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
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