parting (with)

Definition of parting (with)next
present participle of part (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parting (with)
Verb
  • But selling the store is tantamount to discarding his story.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The only key requirement is making sure the box is empty and clean before discarding.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This serum can prevent hair shedding and promote hair growth if shedding has already started.
    Rebecca Strong, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Moroccanoil Revitalizing Scalp Tonic is a daily, leave-in spray with a botanical blend to reduce fallout and shedding for thicker, fuller-looking hair over time.
    Cathy Nelson, InStyle, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But Putin was not going to launch a new war against Turkey’s rebel allies just to save a petty dictator whose own soldiers were deserting.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Californians are abandoning the Golden State, chiefly because of high housing costs and finding better luck at becoming homeowners elsewhere, a new study found.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Safari shut down in 1978 after passengers kept abandoning their Jeeps mid-trip.
    Abbey Briscoe, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • If bigger and better opportunities come along, striking while the iron is hot is a logical course of action, even when moves sometimes appear to make more sense for financial reasons than footballing ones and forsaking the comfort of operating in a stable environment.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean forsaking the forecast and the threat of more dipping temperatures to come.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Roy was in his second job running a team in the league, following a three-year tenure with the Avalanche from 2013-16 that included winning the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year and abruptly resigning in the middle of the summer.
    CBS News, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • What the city got from some within the police department was more than 80 pages of complaints, criticisms and concerns about then-police chief Mikael Dahlstrom, allegations that led to him resigning in November after the city decided not to carry out a formal investigation.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Returning to the guitars that characterized the band’s earliest work without renouncing their latter-day synths, MacFarlane gives Graham’s ruminations an urgent tenderness.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The association filed several lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the fee, including one that remains pending that argues there should be no cost for renouncing one’s citizenship.
    Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Parting (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parting%20%28with%29. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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