set apart
Example Sentences
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By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Her father's job meant the family moved around the south Wales valleys seven times in total, living in a series of manager's houses set apart from the workers.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024
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
In Arizona, too, guayule thrives amidst drought, its blue-green leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
I had no choice, since she and Ruth May and I were thrown together by caste, set apart from Leah the Huntress.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
