poles apart
Example Sentences
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And, when they do talk, their negotiating styles are poles apart.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
I have read accounts by experts and scholars that are poles apart on these matters.
From Salon • May 21, 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
But the pupil’s point of view is poles apart from the master’s; his intention, his ambition, his inspiration, belong to another order of ideas.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
