be out of line
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Holt noted that the city made sure that its bed-tax rate wouldn’t be out of line compared to competing municipalities.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Kelly said the issue needed more study, saying the new penalties for killing a police dog would be out of line with other, more severe crimes, “without justification.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is 81-years-old presently, agrees with Pence that these tests would be out of line, calling them "absurd."
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2023
Hardwick turned out to be out of line with American values; they relied on factual inaccuracies and societal misunderstandings; they were shamefully, unfairly and wrongly decided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
A population reduction from the aboriginal level by one-third prior to 1843 would not be out of line with the apparent facts.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Sherburne Friend Cook
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