parts 1 of 2

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
Hernandez and Wahab will face off again in November to fill a full term starting next year to represent the 14th congressional district that encompasses parts of Alameda County, including the cities of Fremont, Hayward, Dublin and Livermore. Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 The trailer is located on the property belonging to Heights, and the photos show deceased people partially wrapped in sheets or clear plastic bags, with their faces and body parts sticking out. Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026 Bondele was among hundreds of Ebola response workers in Bunia who staged strikes and protests over unpaid wages in recent weeks, at times abandoning health facilities and disrupting parts of the response as the outbreak continued to spread. ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 In Hrubec’s lab, the malformations took a different form — neural tube defects similar to spina bifida in humans, in which parts of the spinal column fail to close, or anencephaly, where the skull and brain never fully develop. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 That puts Alaska, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and parts of New York firmly in play, with the deepest views in Fairbanks, Alaska, and northern Maine. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The new map reshaped Ogles’ district, which will now stretch from south of Nashville to parts of Memphis. Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Within museum walls, visitors encounter not only objects and displays but one another — people of all ages, speaking different languages, from different parts of the world, from all socioeconomic levels, races, religions and experiences. Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 But $4 gas is still a reality across the country and parts of South Florida. Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 31 July 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
  • The modest park sits on less than one acre of land off Parkwood Avenue and includes a playground, a picnic shelter and green space.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Ceuta and ‌Melilla, another Spanish autonomous city in northern Morocco, have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • These experiences have given me a clear sense of what separates high-performing boards from those that merely fulfill their obligations.
    James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The result moves the KARNO platform beyond standalone operation and gives Hyliion a foundation for larger multi-megawatt installations built from standardized modules.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The film moves horizontally instead of vertically, and a lot of people get thrown off by that.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the outbreak of protests against Arab dictatorships in late 2010 reopened old Cold War divides in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, where Putin threw his full weight behind Bashar al-Assad.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • From the tee, a series of bunkers divides the fairway into two distinct landing areas, creating the illusion of dual fairways and immediately forcing a strategic decision.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • When Kelekele Lituka, a wrestler who became world champion in 1974, dies in 2021, he’s buried with little fanfare.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Hong long ago deleted the post, for obvious reasons, but nothing on the internet ever really dies.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But trying to compete for top talent against clubs across Europe and South America – among other regions – requires having money to spend.
    John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After losing reelection, Perriello served as a presidential envoy to the African Great Lakes region and Sudan under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, respectively.
    Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The newer Kobe variant diverges by employing Knicks blue and orange through a splatter pattern on its eyestay panel and heel counter, as well as underneath a translucent blue outsole.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
  • But the federal body’s definition of this population diverges from prior definition, and the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee spent a chunk of its meeting yesterday discussing its own definition and plans to help that population.
    O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • PostTrak exits were also high last night with 5 stars from general audiences, parents and kids under 12.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This program, initially announced by the Biden administration, aimed to stabilize premiums and prevent plan exits following the Inflation Reduction Act's Part D redesign.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Parts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parts. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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