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
And a lack of consensus too about how we can set apart the unpleasant, offensive, ugly and hateful things said online from those that are genuinely threatening or dangerous.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
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
Tom Van Lokeren, Powers’ husband, organized a gathering in which residents prayed for the trees, which were named the Orphans because they were set apart from other sequoias in the grove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
