other extreme

Example Sentences

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On the other extreme, this winter was also unusually cold, Hanes noted, opening new passages over Arctic waters that had not previously frozen over in recent memory.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Keating once told the BBC, adding: “And at the other extreme is Len Deighton using the spy story to say things about people and about the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Many people with anorexia fear gaining weight, engage in other extreme behaviors to control their bodies, and view their appearance through a distorted lens.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

The United Nations predicts that in 30 years more than 140 million would be uprooted because of rising sea levels, droughts and other extreme weather conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

Newspaper journalists, mindful of their readers’ attention spans, sometimes go to the other extreme and dice their text into nanoparagraphs consisting of a sentence or two apiece.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker