part (with)

verb

Definition of part (with)next
as in to discard

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for part (with)
  1. discard
  2. shed
  3. forsake
  4. abandon
  5. desert
  6. resign
  7. renounce
Verb
  • A number of items were voluntarily discarded due to contamination, including cling film, ovenable pan liners and baking cups.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Keep what users genuinely value, discard what solves an imaginary problem and rebuild only what deserves another experiment.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of discard
Verb
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost 350 points, while the Nasdaq Composite shed nearly 1%.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That discovery could potentially expose the skeletons in the NFL’s closet, shedding light on the league’s allegedly discriminatory hiring practices.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of shed
Verb
  • Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Alicent’s forsaken him, and his betrothed has turned out to be a damned and ancient witch.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of forsake
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  • Joe Raedle/Getty Images A North Miami Beach, Florida, mom is facing child neglect charges after allegedly abandoning her four children -- including a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old -- to go on a cruise to the Bahamas, according to court documents.
    — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the prime minister is having to claw back progressives who defected to the Green Party as left-wing factions abandoned Starmer’s Labour over the party’s stance on issues like net zero and the Gaza conflict.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of abandon
Verb
  • In the process, the room itself is illuminated, revealing a workshop deserted in a hurry by its artisans, clay, sawdust, fabric, paper, and paint scattered across the atelier workbenches.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026
  • When Jacquie Navratil rolls up to Angel City Lumber in an all-but-deserted stretch of industrial Boyle Heights on a summer Sunday, her white Dodge Caravan SE loaded with cat-trapping gear, she’s been in cat rescue mode for hours.
    — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of desert
Verb
  • Hundreds have signed on to a pair of petitions calling for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board members to resign following their move to fire Superintendent Crystal Hill.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Then again, the silliest thing our species could do is resign ourselves to disaster.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of resign
Verb
  • The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
  • China claims Taiwan as its sovereign territory and has never renounced the use of force to achieve unification.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of renounce
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“Part (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/part%20%28with%29. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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