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Recent Examples of apart
Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
The teams traded second-period goals four minutes apart.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Hannah Seo, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Its downtown has more shuttered and falling-apart buildings than usable ones.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
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Adverb
Russia and Ukraine appear to still be far apart on their demands for a settlement.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
The teams traded second-period goals four minutes apart.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Tian’s team has conducted numerous studies on teasing apart mechanisms in the brain’s motor and auditory regions, including mapping abnormal signals that could lead to confusion between inner and external sounds.
—Hannah Seo, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Its downtown has more shuttered and falling-apart buildings than usable ones.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apart
Adjective
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The Rangers are once again a nowhere team, moving further and further away from winning Dolan his first Stanley Cup.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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His co-star Miles Caton snuck in at SAG, but the 20-year-old’s out-of-nowhere performance as Sinners’s secret lead feels more liable to garner recognition for casting director Francine Maisler than Caton himself.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The plan jumbles together uses that zoning had put asunder, so that homes, offices, factories, stores, entertainment venues, public space, and markets all share the same city block.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
10 Feb. 2026
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There's just a pervasive sense of loss, of lives torn asunder for no particular reason, and a cast highly adept at delivering these punches.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tuesday may see some isolated flurries early and partly sunny skies during the day, reaching a high in the low 40s, forecasts show.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Light rain was predicted for the Sacramento region starting Sunday morning ahead of a low pressure system coming ashore in the evening that was expected to bring heavier rain, isolated thunderstorms, wind and heavy snow.—
Emilie Stigliani,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Police noted that Sojourner has been designated the 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline for the City of Milwaukee and outlying communities since 1986.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Throughout this period, wind chills are expected to plunge between -10° and -5°, with even colder readings in outlying areas.—
Justin Lewis,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The secluded area in Arizona where Guthrie lives and appears to have been kidnapped in the early morning hours of February 1 continues to present obstacles, as does the intense media scrutiny.—
Elizabeth Hartfield,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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From Llombards, the path heads southwest along the cliffs, passing some of the island’s prettiest and most secluded calas, including Figuereta and Cala Marmols.—
Paul Richardson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His 2024 fight with retired professional boxer Mike Tyson, drew in 108 million live global viewers, according to Netflix.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Over a century of excavation, paleontologists have glimpsed a valley full of conifers that were apparently teeming with vegetarians, says Amy Henrici, a retired Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontology collection manager, who was not involved in the new research.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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TikToks promising secret loopholes, Reddit threads dissecting deductions and content creators insisting ways to outsmart the IRS.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Dry onion soup mix is the secret shortcut to lots of flavor.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Scout Island, on the north side of the park, is particularly riven through with odd trails and random stick deadfalls.—
Outside,
Outside,
17 Feb. 2026
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For 20-odd years, Adams has been one of Hollywood’s most reliably committed and conscientious performers.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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