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 The Bergmans’ catalog, even apart from their many awards, constitutes a large portion of the truly great movie songs of the last half of the 20th century. Jon Burlingame, Variety, 18 July 2025 However, apart from these events, in February 2024, McIntosh shocked the world by breaking Ledecky’s 13-year-old winning streak by nearly nine seconds. Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 Instead, his new 55-floor skyscraper, which broke ground on Tuesday, sits apart from its famous neighbors on an adjacent plot of land. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 16 July 2025 There is one thing that sets Bryant apart from any other player that has played the game of basketball. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 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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  • As usual, under Horst’s system, each roll was meticulously logged in with a double set of stick-on numbers: first beside the photographer’s name in a school exercise book and second on the actual roll of film for processing in the darkroom.
    Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Young’s form on Thursday may indicate his ability to contend in a world final beside Fisher, who turned in two Olympic bronze medals in Paris in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters last August.
    Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 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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  • Neal McDonough says he was shut out of Hollywood for refusing to kiss anyone other than his wife, Ruvé McDonough, for his projects.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 July 2025
  • The department cited safety risks, future maintenance costs and the lack of options to use the bridge as anything other than a landmark even with that maintenance.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2025
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  • Running a red light is only an infraction in Idaho, so the law bars traffic-enforcement agencies from using the cameras to catch red-light runners, except for those instances that result in an accident.
    Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • Angela Weiss/Getty What To Know The alert took effect at 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon and will remain in place at least through Friday night at 11 p.m. Nearly all of Wisconsin is currently under the advisory, except for the southwest part of the state.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 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 5 Aug. 2025.

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