apart
adverb
into pieces or parts; to pieces.
apartness
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a word derived from
apart.
Example Sentences
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Supreme Court historically used Asian Americans’ supposedly implacable foreignness to justify greater, institutionally enforced apartness.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
We eventually learn what it is that has kept Stella and Gerry in a state of deepening apartness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
"You just have to maintain that slight apartness so you can be there when they need it and pull back when they don't," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2018
This apartness continues at the pool, where he sits away from the crowd, in a corner with Hank and Walt.
From Salon ● May 29, 2017
You could practically see the scars left by years of rejection and apartness.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
