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Recent Examples of apart
Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
Though second inaugurations also almost always occur four years after the first, and not eight years apart.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Redistricting efforts is intended to create similar-sized regions for Washington’s representatives while also splitting apart cities, counties and related communities as little as possible.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 28 July 2021
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Adverb
But then, his eldest daughter Paige ran away and everything fell apart.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
Though second inaugurations also almost always occur four years after the first, and not eight years apart.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Could the dark energy that’s accelerating the expansion of the universe eventually rend apart spacetime?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Redistricting efforts is intended to create similar-sized regions for Washington’s representatives while also splitting apart cities, counties and related communities as little as possible.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 28 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apart
Adjective
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With nowhere to go and the clock ticking toward zero, the Minnesota Timberwolves star guard decided to take a stepback, heavily contested 3-pointer for the win.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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With nowhere to go and the lack of federal assistance, nonprofits, churches and communities play life-saving roles for undocumented and mixed-status families like Carmen's and the millions like her.—
Nate Perez,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Wind gusts up to 50 mph were forecast with isolated gusts of 75 mph predicted for mountainous areas.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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At their peak, isolated gusts could reach 100 mph in particularly susceptible areas including the San Gabriel and Santa Susana mountains.—
Chris Boyette and Michelle Watson,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Is Mahomes protected to an outlying degree by refs?—
Michael Salfino,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Zooming In On Mutations The research team determined that the dogs living in the Chornobyl City area shared similar genomes to dogs living in other outlying areas such as Russia and Poland.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the children who are restrained and secluded are in earlier elementary school grades — both nationally and in Idaho, according to limited data from Idaho school districts and national agencies.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Jan. 2025
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At the other end of Eilean Mòr, past a mossy Celtic cross standing like a lighthouse at the island’s tallest point, Sandy showed us the Cave of Saint Cormac, its opening hardly more than four feet high, where eighth-century monks used to retreat for periods of secluded contemplation.—
Leslie Jamison,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The current 2025-26 budget proposal includes $918 million for salary bumps and increasing health care costs for active and retired employees that the state previously agreed to.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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His character is described as a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In secret, many helped the Allies, including Breitling.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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Luckily, Noor heard through the grapevine about the ambassador’s secret meetings with an American in the intelligence community.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And not much tension is built into the film before then — just a long list of odd incidents without any sense of rising action.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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These are odd comments considering the expectation is the pair should get an immediate rematch.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Five times this season Dortmund have conceded the first goal during an away game in the Bundesliga.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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While Swift has not attended a single away game of the 2024—2025 season, she's only missed one home game that directly conflicted with her final Eras Tour concert in Vancouver.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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