worlds apart
idiom
: completely different
Your ideas and mine are worlds apart.
Their living conditions were worlds apart.
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Both men, though, seemed worlds apart.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Football and military service may be worlds apart, but both require discipline, teamwork and a shared sense of purpose.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Green River did to a degree, but at the time, punk and metal were worlds apart.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Two Delta sons, worlds apart, yet forever intertwined, their music echoing across decades and genres.
—Kinsey Gidick, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Football and military service may be worlds apart, but both require discipline, teamwork and a shared sense of purpose.
—Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Green River did to a degree, but at the time, punk and metal were worlds apart.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Two Delta sons, worlds apart, yet forever intertwined, their music echoing across decades and genres.
—Kinsey Gidick, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worlds apart
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“Worlds apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worlds%20apart. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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