How to Use opposite/other extreme in a Sentence

opposite/other extreme

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  • The opposite extreme—dry air—could present its own set of problems.
    — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Thunderstorms and other extreme weather in the last few weeks have added to the airlines’ woes.
    — Hugo Martínstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • At the other extreme, Category 5 is used for storms with wind speeds of 158 mph or greater.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • At the other extreme, Reform won 1 percent of the seats with 14 percent of the national vote.
    — The Editors, National Review, 8 July 2024
  • But other extreme weather events are not causing the same upward curve in deaths.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • At the other extreme, Massachusetts had the lowest gun death rate in the nation.
    — Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This is all on top of the other extreme weather, scorching heat in Texas and Phoenix and floods in the Northeast, that has campers confused — and a bit frustrated.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
  • Last year’s Wild team was an example of the opposite extreme.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But, there’s the other extreme, too—where reporters may focus too much on the numbers and do not provide enough context.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 8 June 2021
  • At the other extreme were countries like Iraq, where Jews were stripped of their citizenship and had their assets seized.
    — Dara Horn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
  • At the other extreme, however, people divide themselves in such a way that as few as possible end up in the same room.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At the other extreme, dark matter could spread out in a fine mist of particles thousands of trillions of trillions of times lighter than electrons.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
  • So far, none has required the use of a ventilator or other extreme measures.
    — Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, ExpressNews.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Dylan is a catch — all wonderful kind of fantasist, and Billy is at the other extreme.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Drought, floods and other extreme weather have challenged many of the traditional ways, causing yields to fall.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The hail — part of a larger pattern of severe storms, heat and other extreme weather fueled by climate change — smashed the bulk of Scottsbluff’s glass panels.
    — Mark Chediak, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Few places were untouched by the wild weather, some at the opposite extreme: long-standing record highs were broken in cities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
    — Trisha Ahmed and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • At the other extreme, barn finds—neglected and dusty—exert a special allure.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The tendency becomes either to throw the baby out with the bathwater and ignore this issue, or go to the other extreme, and not have the technology at all.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Heat waves, wildfires and other extreme events are hitting California and the Southwest hard.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Few places were untouched by the wild weather, including some at the opposite extreme: long-standing record highs were broken in cities in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
    — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Hurricanes and other extreme weather events in areas where oil drilling and refining take place.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • Critics fear that hospital-at-home may exclude those who are already marginalized — or, at the other extreme, become the only option available to those who can’t pay for their care.
    — Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Each year, extreme heat kills more Americans than other extreme weather events like wildfires, droughts and floods, Newsom's office said in a statement.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2024
  • At the other extreme, when D is high, the neural network becomes easier to train, requiring less data to master its artistic skills.
    — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • At the other extreme, some species seemed to abandon their eggs immediately after laying them.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023
  • More than 1 million customers were without power across the country Friday morning as strong winds and other extreme weather from the winter storm wreaked havoc.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • According to climate modeling, this would likely mean even more heat waves, forest fires, flash floods and other extreme weather events.
    — Michael Wysession, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • These features may be helpful in the case of online harassment or other extreme online behavior.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Across the American West, farmers are struggling to grow pumpkins amid drought and other extreme weather patterns attributed to climate change.
    — Melina Walling and Brittany Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023

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