setting apart

Example Sentences

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In 1910, a sign was placed at Madison Junction announcing, “Here was first suggested the idea of setting apart this region as a National Park.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

Also setting apart the Spirit Awards from the many other awards shows is that they give away actual money.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2015

Something else has been setting apart this new restaurant, which only recently moved to its permanent location on Delancey Street.

From Forbes • Nov. 4, 2014

Being consecrated implies a definitive separation or setting apart from society.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010

Another suggestion, which it is earnestly hoped may be adopted, looks to the setting apart at various points throughout the Dominion of small sanctuaries for the preservation of bird life.

From Among the Canadian Alps by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)