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Recent Examples of apart
Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Add two or three wool dryer balls or new tennis balls to help break apart clumps and maintain the loft in the insulation.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
But what truly sets Starship apart is full reusability.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
In the clip, two workers in high visibility vests appeared to use hammers and chisels to break apart stone blocks on the pyramid.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Add two or three wool dryer balls or new tennis balls to help break apart clumps and maintain the loft in the insulation.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
But some children who are getting the vaccine for the first time should get two doses, spaced four weeks apart.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
But what truly sets Starship apart is full reusability.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apart
Adjective
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With nowhere to go and plenty of time on her hands, Jones started driving around — sometimes to grab coffee, sometimes just to clear her head.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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So those are the tracks that determinedly break from the overriding tone that runs through the other songs, which is rather more glum, or at least searching and reflective about why too much time got wasted in a long, nowhere love affair.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 June 2025
Adverb
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The world of customer-service sketch TikTok has been torn asunder after it was discovered that Hannah Brown (not that Hannah Brown) attended Kirk’s memorial service.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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This week, another late-night TV show was struck asunder, the Fed lowered interest rates and a new American Girl doll debuted.—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That to-and-fro could be seen in the Taliban's response to the deadly earthquake, which was most devastating in the isolated mountains of the eastern Kunar province in late August.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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While thousands of soldiers and rescue teams search for the missing and deliver aid, helicopters are ferrying supplies to isolated zones and private construction firms are helping to reopen key roads.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For many Americans in outlying communities, care access is on shaky ground.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The islands consist of two main islands, Basse-Terre and Grand-Terre (which resemble a butterfly from above), along with a handful of outlying islands.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nestled along a private stretch of creek, the hotel feels secluded and tranquil but is also steps away from the heart of town.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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The 106-minute documentary, directed and produced by Swift, was filmed at Aaron Dessner's secluded Long Pond Studio in New York's Hudson Valley.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some companies, like Microsoft, have looked to revive retired nuclear power plants, though most are pursuing new advanced nuclear energy through small modular reactors.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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John Sonday for years served as president but now serves as the board chairman and is a semi-retired consultant for the company.—
Kelly Puente,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Knott’s Berry Farm maze designer Gus Krueger revealed the secret special effects the interactive lantern triggers during a video posted to Instagram.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Exactly 67 seconds later, this odd parka-wearing child makes the same gesture.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The widely varied performances are quietly yet keenly expressive; Reichardt’s dialogue has enticingly odd spin (starting with an ingenious monologue for a precocious child) and the cast delivers it with pinpoint inflections.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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