parting

Example Sentences

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She floated some creative solutions, such as leaving three months early in exchange for what she called “a parting gift” invested into a business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“When you look at being able to acquire a player like this, these things don’t come up often,” McVay said, adding that parting ways with Verse was difficult.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Alfonsi’s parting words to the Columbia Journalism Review perfectly summarized the nightmare unfolding at CBS: “The arrogance, cruelty, and incompetence is stunning.”

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

At the time, the split was often portrayed as a natural parting of the ways at the end of Richardson's contract - as he wanted to focus on his job at the Ferrer Academy.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Those were the parting words he bellowed through his trumpet.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham