apart from

preposition

: other than : besides, except for

Examples of apart from in a Sentence

apart from the saggy roof, the cottage is in pretty good shape
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One of the other challenges, apart from language, is that culture and humor are very closely related. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 There's mad room to have a life apart from the words. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025 The telescope, apart from its size, benefits from the exceptionally dark sky above Mount Paranal, which is the least light-polluted among all major astronomical locations in the western world. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025 There is no such thing as professional baseball for women, apart from a World Cup team that is assembled and disassembled every few years. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apart from

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of apart from was in 1724

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“Apart from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apart%20from. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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