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Example Sentences

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A smaller group of people also arrived in a police van and were kept apart from the majority of passengers and watched over by police.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Particles could break apart, stick together, drift toward the Sun, or become trapped in certain regions.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

It had teeth as long as his forearm and claws that could tear apart an oak tree.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell