How to Use beyond (all) recognition in a Sentence
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In only a quarter of a century, marketing has changed almost beyond recognition.
— Mike Maynard, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 -
Some of the cars were brunt and damaged beyond recognition.
— Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 May 2023 -
In the last 30 years, the dining landscape on both sides of the pond has transformed beyond all recognition.
— Clare Finney, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Part of the nose is missing, and the features are bloated beyond recognition.
— Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023 -
Police went to the scene and found Kennard burned beyond recognition.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 1 Jan. 2023 -
How alienating to not even know the way around your own palate − each of your urges stuffed through the cogs of diet culture and mutated beyond recognition.
— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024 -
And of course, the lives of more than 2 million people in Gaza have been devastated beyond recognition—to say nothing of the many thousands dead.
— Yardena Schwartz, TIME, 24 July 2024 -
Signs of fire and smoke damage While some cars were burned beyond recognition in the South Park fire, others may have less obvious signs of damage.
— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024 -
Its citizens were briefly among the richest in the world—until their country was strip-mined beyond recognition.
— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 -
Magudumana's father as well as a prison guard had already been charged with homicide in connection to the case after the body of a man was found burned beyond recognition in the cell.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023 -
The Tattered Cover could be rebound beyond recognition, even though the name and location remain the same.
— The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2024 -
Nadeem said the bodies were charred beyond recognition and are being transported to Karachi for DNA sampling.
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023 -
The historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was damaged beyond recognition in the weeklong series of fires.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Trump’s lawyers contort the second half of the clause beyond recognition to argue for Trump’s immunity.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023 -
New World Order is a phrase that has entered the lexicon and depicts a world transformed beyond recognition.
— Tracey Follows, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Just four months later, it had been transformed beyond recognition.
— Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Photos of the wreck show the PT Cruiser mangled almost beyond recognition, with its front end completely crumped.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023 -
He had been tortured and shot, beaten beyond recognition.
— Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023 -
There is a palpable sense of nostalgia for a city that is changing beyond recognition.
— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 -
Many shared the same searing memories of seeing the small corpses of children thrown across the wreckage, dismembered beyond recognition.
— Rebecca Tan and Cape Diamond, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Officials said League was stabbed multiple times, his hands and head were cut off and his body was burned beyond recognition, detectives said.
— Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 7 July 2023 -
Their bodies, charred beyond recognition, were discovered the next day.
— Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023 -
What constitutes an action that would trigger an all-out war has evolved beyond recognition.
— Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024 -
Videos showed some bodies that were damaged beyond recognition.
— Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024 -
The ambulance that held the paramedics was discovered nearby, burned beyond recognition.
— Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 -
Ten other bodies were burned beyond recognition, the officials said, and would be identified through DNA tests.
— Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023 -
Some have almost faded beyond recognition, a reminder of how many generations have fought in the same conflict.
— Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023 -
Murals of Christian saints are charred beyond recognition.
— Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 27 July 2023 -
The death toll is a preliminary estimate and may go higher due to the volume of the wreckage and the fact that the van and truck were charred beyond recognition, the Associated Press reported.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023 -
In many cases, where newspapers already have closed their doors, or shrunk beyond recognition, help may be arriving too late.
— Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
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