parting (with)

present participle of part (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parting (with)
Verb
  • Throughout the season, Boy Kavalier’s real intentions begin to take over Neverland Research Island after successfully securing the alien specimens that the USCSS Maginot had been researching in space, discarding his decade-long work on the hybrids.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Using 2 forks, gently shred ribs into large pieces, discarding bones.
    BJ Dennis, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 28-year-old artist delivered a raw, liberated performance, shedding clothes and her former persona on stage.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
  • That said, one regional slate went retrograde, as an early-afternoon CBS window wound up shedding a small number of viewers in the conversion from the old panel-only scheme to BDP.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Each note testified to the transformation of a society opening to the future without abandoning its roots.
    Billboard Arabia, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Real estate may be the basis of all wealth, but a growing number of millionaires are forsaking homeownership and renting their residences instead.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, Kennedy decided that resigning would have sent the message that his judicial oath to protect constitutional rights was not binding in difficult or controversial cases.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Heskett was hired as a seasonal Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger in March, roughly eight months after resigning from Lafayette.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even worse, Park and his conservative successors had been bolstered by the very imperial forces from which the South Koreans had hoped to escape, in exchange for renouncing their right to forgive and to hold Japan accountable.
    Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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“Parting (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parting%20%28with%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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