apart

Example Sentences

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Once conditions improve, these structures break apart and normal cellular activity resumes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

The warring parties still appeared to be far apart on key issues -- including sanctions, Lebanon and the opening of the strategic Strait of Hormuz -- and made no attempt to hide their mutual suspicion.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

In the short history of world Communism, North Korea has always stood apart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

And, when they do talk, their negotiating styles are poles apart.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Set apart from “normal” citizens for our own protection and theirs, our gated, walled, and closely guarded campus complex sprawled across an entire island in the middle of the ocean.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin