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Definition of partsnext
plural of part

parts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of part
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Recent Examples of parts
Noun
Over time, blood vessels begin leaking, leading to bleeding, blood pressure can drop, blood fails to reach different parts of the body and the kidneys can fail. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The averages, however, are considerably lower than other parts of the country. Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Two major wildfires devastated parts of northern Minnesota over the weekend; the Flanders Fire near Breezy Point has exceeded 1,600 acres and the Two Harbors fire has burned 355 acres. Aki Nace, CBS News, 18 May 2026 The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for parts of northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska, generally west and north of the Kansas City area. Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026 Evacuation orders have been issued for parts of Simi Valley, and evacuation warnings have been extended to the Thousand Oaks area. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 May 2026 Goldschmied parts ways from Yul Ku and AG Adriano Goldschmied. Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Despite a dodgy weather forecast, SpaceX has lined up its latest resupply run for NASA to the International Space Station on Tuesday night that could bring a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026 The Kia parts catalog does not show the antenna as a repairable part. Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Verb
Trever parts his hair to the right while his brother styles his combover to the left. Jay Stahl, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026 Later, Hamilton parts the sea on his kick scooter, speedily escaping from the hectic press area. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parts
Noun
  • Partly correct on raw land use — but misleading in practice.
    James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • People see it as part of a wider pattern where affluent estate owners increasingly close off rural land, citing privacy, protection, and security concerns while gradually restricting spaces that local communities historically enjoyed.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • That shift is often what separates stable performers from high potential employees.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • During the blaze, Alireza Namayandeh, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, collected samples of the smoke at a Pasadena park within the plume, using a device that filters and separates the particles.
    Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Mercury enters Gemini and moves through your 3rd House of Communication, waking up conversations, messages, and the small decisions that shape your day.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • Once the midweek cold front moves through, a better chance for more areas to see wet weather comes Wednesday afternoon.
    Rachael Jay, CBS News, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • The Vistula River, which runs alongside Warsaw, also sort of divides it in half.
    Bridget Knowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 May 2026
  • The existing gate format divides the current terminal into two concourses, A and C, with gates designated by their concourse letter and gate number ― for example, Gate A2.
    Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Own a $1 million condo and your spouse dies?
    Greg Raiff, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • If every truth that creates legal complexity dies on contact, people stop raising anything that might trigger those functions at all.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine’s long-range drone and missile attacks have disrupted energy facilities and manufacturing deep inside Russia, with three regions reporting strikes Wednesday.
    Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Grayson DeMartino had a home run for East Ridge in a region semifinal softball win.
    Johnny Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Waymo also notes that the trunk may not open if a rider exits before the vehicle has officially pulled over and ended the trip.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Officials originally planned to close all northbound and southbound lanes of I-285 on the west side of Atlanta between exits 5 and 9.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • There’s a whole-house generator, central AC/heat, and mini-splits to keep things feeling comfortable no matter the weather.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 May 2026
  • Once it’s discovered that there’s a contingent of hostile infiltrators and not just one, the action splits between the cops in town and Sung-ki and his buddies in the mountainside forest, where Na steers the story deeper into classic sci-fi territory.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

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