- 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
After parting ways with Wilde, I drove 50 miles to meet Steven Weinberg, an artist and the author of “The Fly Fishing Book,” a whimsically illustrated guide to the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
She played in just nine games before parting ways with the team and eventually rejoining the Mercury, where she started her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
On stage, there is a camaraderie between the musicians, who interact playfully with their frontman, twirling him around the stage, or parting ways to let him noodle around on a vintage synthesiser.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
She rose out of the oleanders, parting them with her hands.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
I now hope that cross-species friendships of such intensity do not end in permanent partings.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
“But life, of course, consists of final partings as well as first meetings,” she said, “and as much as I and my family miss him, I know he would want us to enjoy Christmas.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
In what has to be one of the most inevitable partings of the Premier League era, Steve Bruce lasted just 13 days after the Saudi Arabian-backed £305m takeover of the club.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021
The play is about the carnage caused by partings.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2019
Our lives are composed of meetings and partings, with brief, bright acquaintances in-between.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
