as in farewell
given, taken, or performed at parting
she gave him a parting gift to remember her by
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as in departure
the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions
although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again
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as in departing
the act of leaving a place
everyone waved goodbye at his parting
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as in separating
to go or move in different directions from a central point
after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome
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as in exiting
to leave a place often for another
parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead
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as in dividing
to set or force apart
parted the prongs with pliers
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as in dying
to stop living
before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes
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Recent Examples of parting
Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
Forest fans will hope Anderson’s goal does not prove to be a parting gift, with Manchester City and Manchester United both holding serious interest in the Newcastle academy product.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Pelinka is expected to add at least one assistant general manager while building out a pro scouting department that the Lakers haven’t had since parting ways with pro personnel man Ryan West in 2019.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Noun
And yet, the comfortable resolution in the parting note feels all too schematic, like an after-school special; disappointing in a film that gives us something a lot more complex until then, including an excellent intervention scene between a defensive Garance and her theater troupe.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
Forest fans will hope Anderson’s goal does not prove to be a parting gift, with Manchester City and Manchester United both holding serious interest in the Newcastle academy product.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
Obviously, when a team's division, some changes need to be made, and one of the first of those changes was parting ways with Berube.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Pelinka is expected to add at least one assistant general manager while building out a pro scouting department that the Lakers haven’t had since parting ways with pro personnel man Ryan West in 2019.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parting
Adjective
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Reynolds wasn’t the only celebrity to make a cameo during Colbert’s farewell episode.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 May 2026
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So farewell, finally, Pep Guardiola.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The highly anticipated model marks a departure from the aesthetic of typical Ferraris and comes even as other luxury car manufacturers, notably Porsche and Lamborghini, have scaled back on plans to launch their own EVs due to weak demand.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
25 May 2026
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The Aztecs are hoping to upgrade the center position with both Heide and Compton departing.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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This evocative tale explores the uncertainty of leaving home, even if departing means rejoining a cherished relationship.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But more than that, Haacke was proposing how politics and art might be intertwined, too, by dissolving the institutional wall separating art from the world outside it.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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From overpacking to not separating electronics to not packing your clunky shoes and belts, here are 10 carry-on mistakes, according to the TSA itself.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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Cantino was named co-chief executive officer of the Italian fashion group last month, after exiting Gucci in September 2025.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
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Companies overworking and under appreciating their employees will experience a revolving door of employees, exiting to look elsewhere for a better work-life balance.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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This measures the degree by which tuition, donations and investment revenue cover a college’s educational expenses by subtracting its core expenses from its core revenues and dividing the difference by its core revenues.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Keep everything fair by dividing into new teams for each round.—
Robin Westen,
Parents,
21 May 2026
Verb
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By April and May, the winter bugs will transform into flying insects and begin to mate before dying in two or three days.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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The explosive accusations are the latest chapter in a saga in which Hawthorne, a 135-year-old institution in Stickney just outside Chicago, is trying to restructure its debt and save dozens of jobs while working to rescue the state’s dying horse racing industry.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Verb
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By its end, there is even less coherence between the characters and plotlines, diverging into a few pages from the perspective of a desperately horny lesbian crab.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Capital-spending needs are diverging.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
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“Parting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parting. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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