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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.

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The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.
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It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
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To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.
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Water itself is of course essential to the growth of every plant, but the benefits of Irrigation reach far beyond this.
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The quality of artistic beauty in articulation is very important, beyond the mere accuracy which is ordinarily thought of.
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