apart from

preposition

: other than : besides, except for

Examples of apart from in a Sentence

apart from the saggy roof, the cottage is in pretty good shape
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Interestingly for a modern teen show, nobody’s getting drunk or doing drugs, apart from a couple of pot-smoking adults and flirty old friend Shannon (Zora Casebere), who comes on to Justin during the family’s annual summer decampment to Martha’s Vineyard. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025 That has created a valuable business line apart from the company’s No. 2 line of TV sets. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 May 2025 As night falls, the usually vibrant city is eerily quiet — apart from the occasional sound of gunfire. Isobel Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 Rich Strike and Mystik Dan are the only horses to win at odds of greater than 15-1, apart from races where there were disqualifications. Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for apart from

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apart from was in 1724

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“Apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apart%20from. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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