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as in separated
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 departed
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 divided
to set or force apart
parted the prongs with pliers
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as in died
to stop living
before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes
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Recent Examples of parted
Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
But after two years in Tucson, the two left the U of A and parted ways, Cunningham landing at Texas and Williams at Iowa State.
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John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Philly parted ways with Morey after the team’s second-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks.
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Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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Faithe with her son, AydenAmanda Langston As the two parted ways, Amanda saw Faithe’s demeanor shift.
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Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
But after two years in Tucson, the two left the U of A and parted ways, Cunningham landing at Texas and Williams at Iowa State.
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John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Apple, meanwhile, dropped a project about Gawker, and famously parted ways with Jon Stewart over differences of opinion in content on his show there.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Philly parted ways with Morey after the team’s second-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks.
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Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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According to the full plot description on Amazon, our protagonists have more to worry about than just severed fingers.
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The inciting incident for the new story comes after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, sending the parents into an uproar.
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Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
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Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
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The Netherlands team departed Kansas City early Wednesday, after losing their Round of 32 match, and Algeria officially left Lawrence, even though the team has yet to play its knockout match.
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Barcelona views Alvarez as their primary target to fill the void left by Robert Lewandowski, who recently departed for Chicago Fire.
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Congressional Republicans were divided over the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down an executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
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Countless individual tread blocks, divided by wide grooves, wriggled around instead of digging in.
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When Khomeini died in 1989, Khamenei became his successor within a matter of weeks.
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At least 31 children died in hot cars in 2025, according to the National Safety Council and nine have died this year.
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Trump’s 2020 defeat and unusual split term solved that problem.
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Like maybe a split step a little too hard and one knee goes in, that’s kind of the scary fall.
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Where the sources diverged more meaningfully is in explaining why institutions haven’t intervened—and each offered a different piece of the puzzle.
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States controlled by Democrats and those led by Republicans have diverged in recent years over gun legislation, with some Republican states passing laws to relax firearm restrictions.
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The autopsy also found that a gunshot wound entered Wiley on the right side of his chest and exited on the left side of his chest, Crump said.
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Getty Images Two more players have exited the FC Barcelona first team fold with the start of a new month.
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“Parted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parted. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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