- present participle of part.
parting
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Tottenham have almost matched Chelsea's spending, parting with a club record £237m this summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The movie ends with Hana and Kip parting because his job takes him to other areas of the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
To stand out, he suggests using glitter in hair partings or your shoulders.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
The partings are only temporary, at Wanenmacher’s anyway.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
The neat partings in their hair, the clicks of their heels, the confident swagger they had.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
