parts 1 of 2

plural of part

parts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of part
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Recent Examples of parts
Noun
Executives at JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citi all used their earnings calls yesterday to assure investors that the bankruptcy of auto parts supplier First Brands—which had borrowed more than $10 billion—did not mean that the private credit market is systemically weak. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 Studio executives, meanwhile, dismiss YouTube and its growth as something less than the sum of its parts. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025 Over generations, these practices have been passed down, evolved, and adapted into many parts of Black culture today. Taylor Cassidy, Time, 15 Oct. 2025 The Yore duffel bag was exhibited in its pattern pieces, illustrating the 78 parts and 72 hours of craftsmanship required for each creation. Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025 Redford and Brown will vie for the seat in Zone 3, which includes parts of eastern Meridian and western Boise. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025 If District 6 flips, Ed Driggs — whose District 7 also covers parts of south Charlotte — would become the sole Republican holdout in a city that’s shifted increasingly to the left. Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025 The day's hearings were the latest example of the staunch opposition that data centers have faced in parts of Kentucky. Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025 The military also used paramotors to carry out attacks in parts of Myanmar hit by a deadly earthquake in March, the United Nations said in April. CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parts
Noun
  • The name refers to the practice of growing three crops—beans, squash or pumpkin, and maize—together in a single section of land, a technique also known as intercropping or interplanting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In Colorado, the company has made access possible to 162 acres of state trust land and nearly a mile of the Arkansas River near Cotopaxi, southeast of Salida.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The design separates the panels with open water corridors at least 13 feet (four meters) wide.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Following launch, Orion separates from SLS and begins its own journey to orbit around the moon.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This design is lighter than traditional night vision systems and places the weight in a way that moves with the soldier.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, such dormancy could be a life strategy too, keeping the bacterium stable with its DNA replicated (albeit with next to no chance of mutating or evolving) every time the host divides.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Though ideology divides, there are clear areas of unity upon which to build corporate culture including a unified desire for companies to invest in local communities and drive local economic development.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The latest installment, which premiered Thursday on Netflix, picks up just moments after the Season 2 cliffhanger when the President dies after Hal (Rufus Sewell) informs him of Vice President Grace Penn’s involvement in the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also the risk of secondary toxicity if a mole comes to the surface, dies, and is eaten by a raptor or other predator.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The book’s journey through the brain ends at the frontal pole, a region involved in self-reflection — thinking about thinking.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Almost two-thirds of the new displacements were reported outside Port-au-Prince, especially in Haiti's central region.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, high-profile exits at firms like Lamb Weston and Kohl’s occurred amid mounting pressure, while at Boeing, Nike, Stellantis, and Hertz, CEOs departed before an active campaign ever materialized.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Aryubi, who splits his time between Afghanistan and California, plays the role of would-be executor, while Jake Youngblood Dobbs, an American travel influencer who was on a tour with Raza at the time, is the ersatz victim whom Aryubi unveils.
    T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike nuclear fission which splits atoms of heavy elements, fusion combines two light atomic nuclei, releasing a large amount of energy with much less radioactive waste.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Parts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parts. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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