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  • adjective being or feeling set or kept apart from others

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Examples

  • The dealbreaker in my book is a noticeably set-apart game logo, though ... which has ruled out some nice TF2 shirts.

    Let's Wear Things SVGL 2009

  • Most survivors entered adulthood with striking disadvantages, and far fewer resources than average, leaving them to hardscrabble their way through college or the workforce, expanding their sense of being set-apart.

    Jane Devin: This Isn't About Michael Jackson 2009

  • Some of my friends love to light candles and create a set-apart feeling.

    One Simple Act Debbie Macomber 2009

  • The example I cited, ethnography, includes a set of ways to do just that, and other methodologies have solved the problem in other ways, some of which leverage the set-apart lab space, for example.

    Lying Online 2008

  • At the very least, I cannot resist the siren call of flashbacks - in fact, when I'm having trouble with a story, I often try to fix it by going to random flashback, either in a new set-apart section, or just by going into something like, "the first time blah ever happened to blah blah, it was only because of blah blah blah."

    Ten Ways to Tell You're Reading a Hth/Betty Plotnick Story hth_the_first 2006

  • David seemed different somehow, and that lonely, set-apart feeling that she had had ever since she came here to live was gone.

    Marcia Schuyler Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

  • It was in a cleared space, wearing a set-apart look.

    The Red Badge of Courage 1895

  • It was in a cleared space, wearing a set-apart look.

    The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885

  • It was in a cleared space, wearing a set-apart look.

    The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885

  • The Amish eschew set-apart sacred places and buildings -- even churches.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Donald Kraybill 2011

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