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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By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
As an actress, she says "you have to set apart the person that you are and the characters you play on screen".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
The Orphans, which are at least 500 years old, got their names because they are set apart from other sequoias in the grove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
