worlds apart
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: completely different
Your ideas and mine are worlds apart.
Their living conditions were worlds apart.
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Yet renting there felt worlds apart from Thailand’s capital city, where a luxury studio in a high-rise condo with a rooftop infinity pool and premium gym might run $600 per month.
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Troy Closson,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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Troy Closson,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
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“Worlds apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worlds%20apart. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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