parting (with)

present participle of part (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parting (with)
Verb
  • Let the masks sit for 10 minutes under the eyes, discarding after use and patting in excess serum.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • She is accused of killing her 39-year-old boyfriend, David Carter, dismembering him then discarding his body parts along I-75 near Hancock, Ohio in September 2018.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company has been shedding staff.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Finding leverage That fiber shedding isn’t a problem one company, no matter how large, can solve alone is something that Gudrun Messias, director of global sustainability direction at Adidas, learned the hard way.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Some of the subpoenaed nonprofits, including FLI, Ekō, and Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, have also been publicly critical of Musk and xAI for, among other things, neglecting or abandoning their commitments to AI safety.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The soldier said that the main concern of troops in the area is that the Ukrainian leadership will try to hold onto what remains of Pokrovsk for as long as possible because abandoning the city would be seen as a major failure.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • So forsaking crossing instead of cacciatore makes infinite sense.
    Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The story claims a heartsick Noccalula threw herself over the waterfall instead of forsaking her true love by being forced to marry another.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Singer first appeared as an officer in 2007, resigning as vice president in 2010.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Three other special elections were held to fill vacancies left by lawmakers resigning before their terms ended, with two of those advancing to runoffs as no candidate received more than 50 percent.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The revelations about the emails led to both Andrew and Sarah renouncing their Duke and Duchess of York titles in the past two weeks.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Tallis continued to have a successful career after the Reformation, despite never renouncing his Catholic faith.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Parting (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parting%20%28with%29. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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