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adverb

ə-ˈpärt How to pronounce apart (audio)
Definition of apartnext
as in to pieces
into parts or pieces the fancy new adjustable rake came apart the first time I tried to use it

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apart

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adjective

as in nowhere

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Recent Examples of apart
Adverb
The useful version sits between two facts most coverage keeps apart. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 While all this is shared with the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the car stands apart with its Maybach-exclusive craftsmanship and quality of materials. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 29 July 2026
Adjective
Get a little experimental with pull-apart bread. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026 Remember when microservices were all the rage, and everyone was building atomic, agile, stateless services to break apart monoliths, orchestrate workflows and create composable applications? — Lalit Ahuja, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apart
  1. asunder
  2. nowhere
  3. isolated
  4. outlying
  5. secluded
  6. retired
  7. secret
  8. odd
Adverb
  • Things are kept mostly under wraps in this trailer, which spotlights the family vibe and the gnawing concern that something isn’t right, alongside jarring footage of a suburban street torn asunder.
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Nothing shall tear this stone and snail asunder.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of asunder
Adjective
  • Our range includes a meandering cowboy odyssey that sprawls from a nowhere town in Texas to Big Sky country, a poignantly observant memoir from a wild child Dreamlander, and a careful dissection of a situationship set to the rhythms of 1970s Brazil.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Once a victim crosses a jurisdictional line, everything that happened on the other side of it too often gets lost in the nowhere land of bureaucracy and red tape.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of nowhere
Adjective
  • Wilson’s one-out strikeout in the bottom of the ninth in an at-bat that could have scored the winning run with a fly ball or grounder up the middle was an especially costly mistake, though not an isolated one, as the A’s struck out 14 times total.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
  • The company disclosed last week that a combination of its artificial intelligence models escaped an isolated testing environment that had very limited internet access.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Definition of isolated
Adjective
  • Ely was a real challenge because so many people were evacuated and moved into Ely from outlying areas.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026
  • However, some itineraries use Nynäshamn, an outlying port about 37 miles south of Stockholm.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of outlying
Adjective
  • Insider tip Take the living room stairs up to the second floor where a secluded lounge area awaits.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Located in a secluded cove, this waterfront estate has a private, sandy beach – one of the few homes in the town with one.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of secluded
Adjective
  • More recently, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, was killed on July 25 after he was hit by a stray bullet while riding his bike outside a Bronx bodega.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Family members have identified the man killed in a fast-moving house fire that tore through four homes in Lansdale, Pennsylvania early Friday as John Garchinsky, a retired Marine and Purple Heart recipient.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of retired
Adjective
  • There is no current information about Pankow returning to Outer Banks next season, and the show probably wouldn’t have blown a secret cameo in a trailer.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 July 2026
  • Kelce and Swift tied the knot in a super secret ceremony at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of secret
Adjective
  • Couples from Copenhagen enjoying a sunny weekend away, as well as the odd tourist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When the leagues decided to increase inter-league play, Houston moved because the odd-team out problem was no longer valid.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of odd

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