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
As an actress, she says "you have to set apart the person that you are and the characters you play on screen".
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
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
The Orphans, which are at least 500 years old, got their names because they are set apart from other sequoias in the grove.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Notes marked marcato have enough of an accent and/or enough space between them to make each note seem stressed or set apart.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
