How to Use apart in a Sentence
- He stood with his feet planted far apart.
- Their children were born two years apart.
- They separated and have been living apart for the past year.
- He stood apart while the other members of the team celebrated.
- My wife and I are unhappy when we're apart.
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You guys still seem miles apart.
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CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Space them out a few feet apart.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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Start with your feet hip-width apart.
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Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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Step close, feet about hip-width apart.
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Gretchen Reynolds,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The two had grown apart over the years.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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But what sets this recipe apart is the sauce.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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That heats the rock, which melts and breaks apart.
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CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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That heats the rock, which melts and breaks apart.
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ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Space plants 1 to 3 feet apart.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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The shots tore Lee’s face apart.
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Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those are more than 70 miles apart.
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Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Why try to tear them apart, Synapse?
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Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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There are still many ways the trade truce can fall apart.
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Kerry Brown,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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That’s one thing that sets Dunk apart.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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That’s when things fell apart for the Dodgers.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Mar. 2026
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Plant them about a half inch deep and space them an inch apart.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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What set it apart was the honesty.
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Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the two sides remain far apart.
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Nik Popli,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Your thinking is what sets you apart.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Having the beasts is what set them apart.
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Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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What sets it apart is its lack of zippers.
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Last month allowed things to fall apart.
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Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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What happens when that falls apart?
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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What does set them apart is class and income.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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In the second half, things fell apart.
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Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Aug. 2025
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To bring families who are apart and heal them.
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Zack Sharf,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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The falling apart part is crucial.
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Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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His pho stands out with its beefy broth, layered with smoke from the charred aromatics and fall-apart brisket.
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Bao Ong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Stew meat is more expensive, and takes hours of low-and-slow cooking to get fall-apart tender.
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Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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Its downtown has more shuttered and falling-apart buildings than usable ones.
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Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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Pull-apart rolls are great as a party appetizer, for a potluck, or even as a meal with a soup or side salad.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours, until the beef is fall-apart tender.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Get a little experimental with pull-apart bread.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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The hotter evening side appears warm enough to break apart water molecules in the upper atmosphere, the study notes.
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Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
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Wash on the regular cycle and use a heavy-duty detergent containing enzymes to break apart soil and stains.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
29 Nov. 2025
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In recent years, my sisters and I will take turns trying a new appetizer like Buffalo chicken dip or a pull-apart cheese bread.
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Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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Remember when microservices were all the rage, and everyone was building atomic, agile, stateless services to break apart monoliths, orchestrate workflows and create composable applications?
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Lalit Ahuja,
Forbes.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tian’s team has conducted numerous studies on teasing apart mechanisms in the brain’s motor and auditory regions, including mapping abnormal signals that could lead to confusion between inner and external sounds.
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Hannah Seo,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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