apart from

Idioms  

1. Also, aside from. Besides, except for. For example, Apart from jogging occasionally in the park, she gets no exercise, or Aside from Sunday dinner with his parents they have not gone out for months. The first term dates from the early 1600s, the variant from the early 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Yet it simultaneously professes anxiety about an Asian American who has decidedly not stood apart from American institutions and culture: After graduating from Yale Law School, Wang clerked for two Supreme Court justices.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Horace Walpole called the Venetian Jubilee of April 1749 “the prettiest spectacle I ever saw,” though there was “nothing Venetian about it,” apart from a shallow canal and a “sort of gondola” loaded with musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Ubisoft had no major releases during the 2025-26 financial year apart from strategy game "Anno 117: Pax Romana".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Steyer said his and his wife’s decades-long work and funding of progressive causes sets him apart from previous wealthy self-funding candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

As the balloon inflates, the dots get farther and farther apart from one another.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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