set apart

1. Make noticeable, as in Certain traits set her apart from her peers . [Late 1400s]

2. Reserve for a specific use, as in One group of tissue samples was set apart for incubation . [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

As an actress, she says "you have to set apart the person that you are and the characters you play on screen".

From BBC

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

The Orphans, which are at least 500 years old, got their names because they are set apart from other sequoias in the grove.

From Los Angeles Times

There's an ocean, mangrove wetlands, a tropical rainforest, a savanna grassland and a fog desert, all set apart from the rest of the planet they're mimicking.

From Scientific American

Tom Van Lokeren, Powers’ husband, organized a gathering in which residents prayed for the trees, which were named the Orphans because they were set apart from other sequoias in the grove.

From Los Angeles Times

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