apart

Example Sentences

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Because the brain and spinal cord are separate but connected structures in the body, the team kept the organoids physically apart in the lab.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

The two sides were close to a settlement last week, but discussions fell apart at the last minute.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A smaller group of people also arrived in a police van and were kept apart from the majority of passengers and watched over by police.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

We jumped apart like we’d been electrocuted, and I felt a stab of fear as I saw my envelope still grasped tightly in Elliot’s sweaty hand.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin