beyond (all) recognition

Frequency: 6.88.9 per million words

Figurative: changed so much that it is no longer recognizable.

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Examples (10)

  • Many of those interviewed said their job had changed beyond recognition over the past five years.
  • The city has altered beyond all recognition since I was last here twenty years ago.
  • After the accident, the front of the car was crushed beyond recognition.
  • The digital landscape has transformed beyond all recognition due to the rise of AI.
  • She had aged so much that she was beyond recognition to her old school friends.
  • The old factory has been renovated beyond all recognition into luxury apartments.
  • Our traditional way of life is changing beyond recognition in this globalized world.
  • The landscape was scarred beyond all recognition by the devastating forest fires.
  • The draft of the treaty was amended beyond recognition during the final negotiations.
  • Communication technology has advanced beyond all recognition in the last few decades.