aside from

as in except
not including aside from the C in geometry, he made all A's this term

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Recent Examples of aside from Lawrence stuck to simplicity and the all-black color palette with her accessories, wearing a pair of pointy black Manolo Blahnik pumps, and eschewing all jewelry aside from a pair of black matte teardrop earrings. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024 Blizzard had almost no involvement in the film’s creation, aside from giving the film’s creators its blessing to use their intellectual property to tell Steen’s powerful story. Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024 The value, aside from allowing those like me to have access to otherwise hard-to-find data, is incalculable. Michael Lynch, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 This is a wisp of a premise — aside from her muted graffiti efforts, our protagonist’s grief manifests itself more as general moodiness than anything particularly tangible. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aside from 
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  • At Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort, face masks are required in public areas, except when dining or swimming, capacity of public areas will be limited, and housekeeping and public area attendants will increase their cleaning procedures.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2020
  • The city advised all residents to stay inside except those going to and from work and anyone seeking or giving emergency care, according to Mayor Eric Garcetti's official Twitter account.
    NBC News, NBC News, 1 June 2020
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  • The tarantula was used in the iconic scene in which Marv flings the spider over onto Harry, who is lying on the floor beside him.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • But Optimus, who in the video seems more than happy to be at his mistress’s beck and call, appears less subservient in a series of pictures in which Kardashian, wearing spike heels and lingerie, poses beside him and a gold Tesla Cybercab.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • But his death had many contributing factors besides being unable to breath while face down on the ground.
    Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2020
  • The airline’s crew members and ground services personnel are undergoing detailed health check-ups at regular intervals, besides wearing protective gear at all times.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 31 May 2020
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  • Normally, big job losses trigger massive searches for full-time jobs, but this crisis has been anything but normal.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 June 2020
  • Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close.
    Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 30 May 2020
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  • Not only that, the scientists’ focus on brain age sets the study apart from previous work that examined proteins alongside the real age of the individual, as Liu tells Nature News’ Miryam Naddaf.
    Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Now, astronomers are learning more about a famous centaur known as (2060) Chiron and how its surface chemistry sets it apart from other centaurs, by detecting its chemical composition for the first time.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • By late January, officers needed special permission for nearly all such deadly strikes, except for those targeting the most senior Hamas commanders.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Drop-off spots will open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. between Dec. 26 and Jan. 8, except for New Year's Day.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • Although other clubs, such as the Washington Nationals could use an upgrade at first base, the odds of Alonso signing anywhere other than either New York team have been slim all offseason.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t let the spin doctors convince you this fight is about anything other than one big business — unions — wanting to get an advantage over their corporate adversaries and grow their footprint.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Aside from.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aside%20from. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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