far between

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In the past, comparable titles to “The Devil Wears Prada 2” would have been 2008’s “Mamma Mia” or the “Sex in the City” film, but those kinds of movies are now few and far between.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Songs like this are few and far between.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Special moments like these, however, have been few and far between.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“The reality, however, is that altruistic idealists are few and far between in this world.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But scholarships were few and far between, and the cost of private schooling was prohibitive for all but a privileged few.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell