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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
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
In this moment of grief, what our community needs are leaders who will bring people together, not tear us further apart.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 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
What sets it apart is its accessibility.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
In this moment of grief, what our community needs are leaders who will bring people together, not tear us further apart.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 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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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
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No engulfment, no tearing asunder.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For the first time in 10 years, researchers have discovered a new species of Xenurolebias killifish from an isolated swamp about 2 feet deep in eastern Brazil.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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As tribes were forced by the federal government into isolated and under-resourced reservations in the late 1800s, these conditions became the norm.—
Suzette Brewer,
Scientific American,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yokosuka and Sasebo on the main islands have received visits, as well as White Beach on the southwestern outlying Okinawa Island.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Satellite was once the only option in outlying communities.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For a secluded retreat that feels both historic and freshly relevant, The Inn at Stonecliffe is Mackinac’s finest choice.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Only a short drive away from Santa Monica and Venice, guests can enjoy the best of both worlds in this secluded rental.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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According to People, Kay, who is a retired teacher, now lives in Austin, Texas, with Matthew's family.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Housed in a retired naval building on the Charleston Harbor since 2004, Fleet Landing has become iconic for its enviable waterfront views and fresh Lowcountry seafood.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These include satellites apparently so secret that the US government refused to identify the agency that owns them.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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As Chad becomes a success, Holliday may be the key to reviving the dying football team, all while maintaining his secret identity.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Also, there was the idea that because Regis is 400 and some odd years old, he's got a lot of life experience and accrued a lot of wisdom.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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