- present participle of part.
parting
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Given his past behavior, he sounds like the type of guy to leave a curveball in his will, as a parting shot.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Hollywood star Josh Duhamel appears to be parting ways with his life in Los Angeles and dedicating himself to living full-time at his off-grid Minnesota cabin after listing his longtime California home for $2.99 million.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
While she worked out each fraudster's true intentions before parting with any cash, she said: "I'll never, ever go on a dating website again. I just don't know where you're meant to meet genuine people."
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Penelope used her firmest voice, for she could sense some resistance from the Incorrigibles about parting with their new pets.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
No matter how long a driver and race engineer have worked together, and how close they become, those partings of ways are inevitable in Formula 1.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
I now hope that cross-species friendships of such intensity do not end in permanent partings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
Wide-leg trousers, berets, high necklines and centre partings.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2019
Its story, held between the arbitrary-seeming brackets of electoral victory and pop-star overdose, is inchoate, and beguilingly so: a series of meetings and partings, a fluctuation of perceptions, emotions, and desires.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
He had suddenly realized that flying from the Shire would mean more painful partings than merely saying farewell to the familiar comforts of Bag End.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
