apart
Example Sentences
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As the U.S. approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, the country feels as if it’s coming apart.
As time passes and several grow less independent—exiled to assisted-living facilities outside the city—their small circle starts to break apart.
No American—apart, perhaps, from Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger—has had an impact on modern China as consequential as that of Cohen.
In the same scenario, the vast Aletsch Glacier would break apart into several smaller sections.
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Because the comet broke apart, multiple explosions likely occurred, igniting widespread fires.
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