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beyond comparison
Idioms and Phrases
Also, without comparison or beyond compare . Too superior to be compared, unrivaled, as in This view of the mountains is beyond comparison , or That bakery is without comparison . The first term, more common today than the much older variants, was first recorded in 1871. Without comparison goes back to 1340, and without compare to 1621.Example Sentences
“We are drifting toward a catastrophe beyond comparison.”
Jefferson thought he looked “sombre, haggard, and dejected beyond comparison.”
“Sanctions against the Central Bank of Russia and the central bank’s assets held worldwide are simply beyond comparison to previous sanctions regimes, particularly involving a major power like Russia.”
For some Black women in rural North Carolina, Harris’ inauguration was a historic moment that goes beyond comparison.
Like ambrosia of the heavens, these sweets are delicious beyond comparison — the culinary Holy Grail.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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