quite apart from

idiom

: without even taking into consideration
The work has value in itself, quite apart from the good effects it produces.

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But — quite apart from the practical difficulties — there are tax and other issues that need to be considered. Roger Trapp, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 The devastating earthquake in Japan on New Year's Day was a sobering reminder that the forces of nature can sometimes pose serious dangers to human society and life, quite apart from disasters linked to climate change. Osvaldo Di Campli, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 And quite apart from the risks of infectious disease, health has social as well as biological determinants. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2023 Too many people don’t eat enough fresh food quite apart from their ability to pay for it, and combine bad eating habits with poverty and the problem is worse. Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024 However, yet another facet of Miller’s life that is sometimes overlooked—and that existed quite apart from posing prettily in Patou and Chanel for Vogue—was her deep association with the Surrealists, and the artist Man Ray in particular, in the 1930s. Marley Marius, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023 But curiosity is something quite apart from the desire to know. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023 But curiosity is something quite apart from the desire to know. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023 There is a sickness in our country — quite apart from the coronavirus. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Dec. 2020

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“Quite apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20apart%20from. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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