set apart
- exempt adj.
- preferred adj.
- reserved adj.
- separate adj.
- appropriate v.
- call v.
- consecrate v.
- dedicate v.
- designate v.
- devote v.
- differentiate v.
- discriminate v.
- dissociate v.
- distinguish v.
- enclose v.
- individualize v.
- insulate v.
- intend v.
- mark v.
- mew v.
- sanctify v.
- segregate v.
- sequester v.
- signalize v.
- singularize v.
Example Sentences
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"I've spent the last week just basically taking my set apart" for the live BBC broadcast, he joked.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Women like Lucretia set apart “Spartacus” in all versions from other modern fantasies of antiquity, including Scott’s moribund 2024 sequel “Gladiator II.”
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Everyone involved must reckon with what it means to remain set apart from the rest of the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
He says there are no such things as discrete objects which remain unchanged, set apart from the flow of time.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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