How to Use ball of wax in a Sentence
ball of wax
noun phrase-
Hollywood’s a whole different ball of wax.
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Terry Terrones,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fascinating but inclusive – in a way, that seems to describe the whole ball of wax.
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John Werner,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Journalism, however, is a different ball of wax.
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Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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This colony has seen more than its fair share of violence, accidental deaths, and even manslaughter, but a killing in cold blood during an otherwise pretty steady time is a whole other ball of wax.
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Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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While Charlie Brown looked for the meaning of Christmas, a local writer said how Sacramento may have started the whole jingle ball of wax.
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Steve Large,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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