apart from

preposition

: other than : besides, except for

Examples of apart from in a Sentence

apart from the saggy roof, the cottage is in pretty good shape
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The Wilson revealed here is poles apart from the man who proposed the principled Fourteen Points, pushed through a progressive income tax and child labor reforms, named the progressive judge Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court, and created the Federal Reserve system. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 What sets the Ramcharger apart from the REV is the range extender. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 The genial informality of the gathering, however, was another way in which Gunn and Safran are setting DC Studios apart from Marvel — and how just about every other major studio manages information about their marquee movie franchises. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025 They are often banned from visiting temples and forced to live apart from higher-caste communities, often in squalor and farther from access to services. Esha Mitra, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apart from

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apart from was in 1724

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“Apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apart%20from. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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