poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
However, being ranked alongside meerkats and beavers doesn't mean our societies are the same - human society is poles apart.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
The tour was poles apart from luxury safaris with furnished tents and balloon rides over the Serengeti.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Avocados are “perceived as something healthy, and the contrast to what it is actually doing” to the environment and society, “you couldn’t get further, it’s poles apart, it’s absolutely not,” McMahon said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Longer terms of peace gave opportunity for development on lines that were as poles apart.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
