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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
  • Its two outer booster engines were discarded during flight, while the central sustainer continued operating and later helped the converted Atlas launch John Glenn into orbit.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Any Weather Mac is designed to be sustainable from how it’s made to how it’s discarded, with the company taking steps to make sure the product won’t end up in a landfill.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of discard
Verb
  • Fifteen models wore four looks across 60 runway appearances, shedding a layer each time.
    — Minty Mellon, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The report also shed light on Wells’ cellphone, which was taken back to the mainland without him.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 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
Verb
  • The poem is about this tendency toward earth, the temptation—the closest thing to bliss in these poems—to abandon yourself to the funk of the soil and the heat of the sun.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Hnin Aye abandoned her plan to fly to Singapore and opted to cross the border illegally into Thailand.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 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
  • Jeffs resigned as president of the FLDS in 2007 and officially gave authority over the group to William Jessop.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In April 2025, then-Commission Chair Chris Measmer resigned to fill a vacancy in the North Carolina Senate, setting off a contentious replacement process.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of resign
Verb
  • China claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, as its own breakaway province and hasn’t renounced the use of force to bring it under its control.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • If Vance were to renounce Carlson over a matter as trivial as, say, Carlson’s oddly positive assessment of Adolf Hitler, what hope is there for society?
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 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 26 Sep. 2026.

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