worlds apart
idiom
: completely different
Your ideas and mine are worlds apart.
Their living conditions were worlds apart.
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The hearing was focused on whether to allow a $280 million gas plant in the Town of Paris – near a We Energies’ solar farm but worlds apart for the plant's opponents.
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Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Body grief has the potential to connect us, even when our individual experiences seem worlds apart.
—Jayne Mattingly, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Trouble is, the two sides remain worlds apart on a new agreement, as Comcast aims to bump YES up to a pricier digital tier, while the network hopes to forestall an immediate shift.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Isle of Palms, South Carolina Just 15 miles from Charleston, Isle of Palms feels worlds apart.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Body grief has the potential to connect us, even when our individual experiences seem worlds apart.
—Jayne Mattingly, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Trouble is, the two sides remain worlds apart on a new agreement, as Comcast aims to bump YES up to a pricier digital tier, while the network hopes to forestall an immediate shift.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Isle of Palms, South Carolina Just 15 miles from Charleston, Isle of Palms feels worlds apart.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Worlds apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worlds%20apart. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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