set apart
Idioms-
Reserve for a specific use, as in One group of tissue samples was set apart for incubation . [c. 1600]
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Make noticeable, as in Certain traits set her apart from her peers . [Late 1400s]
Example Sentences
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By the end of her life, Morrison had been set apart as an icon and trailblazer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
And a lack of consensus too about how we can set apart the unpleasant, offensive, ugly and hateful things said online from those that are genuinely threatening or dangerous.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
She asked Justice Department lawyers what set apart the most recent cuts from previous ones she enjoined.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
In Arizona, too, guayule thrives amidst drought, its blue-green leaves set apart from dry dirt at a research and development farm operated by the tire company Bridgestone.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
I was set apart from those nameless ones with whom I had fled down a dark road and whose lack of identity I had shared all night in a dark room.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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