aside from

preposition

1
chiefly US : in addition to : besides
Aside from being well written, the book is also beautifully illustrated.
2
chiefly US : except for
Aside from us, there were only a half dozen people there.

Examples of aside from in a Sentence

aside from the C in geometry, he made all A's this term
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Lawrence stuck to simplicity and the all-black color palette with her accessories, wearing a pair of pointy black Manolo Blahnik pumps, and eschewing all jewelry aside from a pair of black matte teardrop earrings. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024 Blizzard had almost no involvement in the film’s creation, aside from giving the film’s creators its blessing to use their intellectual property to tell Steen’s powerful story. Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024 The value, aside from allowing those like me to have access to otherwise hard-to-find data, is incalculable. Michael Lynch, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 This is a wisp of a premise — aside from her muted graffiti efforts, our protagonist’s grief manifests itself more as general moodiness than anything particularly tangible. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aside from 

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of aside from was in 1790

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“Aside from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aside%20from. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

aside from

preposition
: with the exception of : except for
aside from a few pieces of bread, the food is gone
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