apart from

as in except
not including apart from the saggy roof, the cottage is in pretty good shape

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Recent Examples of apart from While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025 The final season, set to premiere in early 2026, will also see the Frasers attempt to keep a united front against outside intruders, only to see family secrets surface and threaten to tear them apart from the inside. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 Berries’ fiber content also sets them apart from other fruits. Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 18 Sep. 2025 Cora said that dynamic sets September apart from October, even if the stakes in the playoffs are technically higher. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apart from
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  • At Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort, face masks are required in public areas, except when dining or swimming, capacity of public areas will be limited, and housekeeping and public area attendants will increase their cleaning procedures.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2020
  • The city advised all residents to stay inside except those going to and from work and anyone seeking or giving emergency care, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti's official Twitter account.
    NBC News, NBC News, 1 June 2020
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  • Multiple balconies can be found throughout the property for optimal indoor-outdoor living, and a two-lane bowling alley is situated beside the basement media room.
    India Roby, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What interests me is the conversation between surfaces, glossy against matte, the warmth of wood beside the coolness of stone.
    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • But his death had many contributing factors besides being unable to breath while face down on the ground.
    Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020
  • The airline’s crew members and ground services personnel are undergoing detailed health check-ups at regular intervals, besides wearing protective gear at all times.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 31 May 2020
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  • APRs for home equity lines of credit do not include costs other than interest.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • None of those can be confused with anything other than a studio comedy in the truest sense.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • In round 2, shown on the right panel, the testing contingency remains the same except for the addition of a social facilitator bird in the adjacent room of the control subject, who sits on the perch passively without performing any action.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Other Eastern states had slightly higher credit card debt increases, while the Mid West and south (except for Texas), had lower increases.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Normally, big job losses trigger massive searches for full-time jobs, but this crisis has been anything but normal.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 June 2020
  • Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close.
    Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 30 May 2020

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“Apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart%20from. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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