set apart

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

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

Example Sentences

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.

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She asked Justice Department lawyers what set apart the most recent cuts from previous ones she enjoined.

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Her father's job meant the family moved around the south Wales valleys seven times in total, living in a series of manager's houses set apart from the workers.

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Everyone involved must reckon with what it means to remain set apart from the rest of the world.

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

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