PART (WITH) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

part (with)

verb

Definition of part (with)

as in to discard

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Russia’s answer to the Artemis program is to develop its own Russian Orbital Station, using modules from the International Space Station after it has been discarded, which would act as a gateway for lunar exploration.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
The Secret Service’s actual procedures turn out to be more like guidelines that can be discarded if the president is sufficiently angry—which, from the standpoint of safeguarding democracy, constitutes a fairly concerning loophole.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of discard

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The current 992‑generation Porsche 911 is shedding its post-COVID premium—not losing its fundamental resale‑value advantage for buyers, which creates opportunity.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The rise of Black power influenced Chicano activism, and many Mexican Americans increasingly shed illusions that they could be seen as white, at least legally so, and rejected assimilationist impulses.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of shed

Verb

Not play-act, but do the real work, make the hard and noble choices, not forsake his vows but live by them.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Ultimately, that comeback success was enough to get a show that the Emmys had previously forsaken back on their radar, cementing its return to form.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of forsake

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To pull that off, Daunt abandoned an old business model whereby publishers gave Barnes & Noble a discount for carrying the same books at all its stores and positioning them in the same place for the same amount of time.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Like him, many other residents of the sizable tent community off Fish Hatchery Road have no plans to abandon their dwellings for a first-come, first-serve downtown shelter bed that may not be available the next night.

— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of abandon

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