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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
Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
The evidence shows Majors’ accuser seemingly unharmed in the hours after the two parted company.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
When testing the laser on a stream of water, the results were equally spectacular — the pulse separated the water and the parted streams are pushed backward.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2016
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Adjective
Clay masks, modeled with open eyes and parted mouths, preserved life in their faces.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
With her brand new red locks separated in a half-up half-down style, Fox brilliantly combines the chaos of a messy bun with the cleanness of parted face-framing strands.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
The evidence shows Majors’ accuser seemingly unharmed in the hours after the two parted company.
—Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
When testing the laser on a stream of water, the results were equally spectacular — the pulse separated the water and the parted streams are pushed backward.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2016
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Data held in qubits is affected by data held in other qubits, even when physically separated.Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Once the ladies are separated, Jackie pulls Heavenly aside to scold her for her behavior.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
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Three players had departed for the draft.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the nineteen-nineties, the veteran value investor—one that looks for undervalued stocks—shied away from soaring Internet and technology stocks, believing that their prices had departed from financial reality, and that the market was heading for a crash.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Michael Brewer, one-half of Brewer & Shipley, has died.Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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After a lifetime of making people laugh, Newhart died on July 18 at his home in Los Angeles.Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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For some, the assassination was held up as evidence of a divided country obsessed with bloodshed.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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The divided region has remained a flashpoint for nearly half a century, including throughout the ongoing 14-month war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, which has been backed by Iran and its Axis of Resistance coalition, of which Syria was a member.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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When the last of the wine was finally secured and the drivers strapped in, the semis, each escorted by an armored truck, rumbled past the steel gates and then diverged, assigned to separate routes down the mountain, across more than a thousand miles and three state lines, headed for California.Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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Two diverged roads Frozen turkeys, which go through a blast freezer for about 24 hours to freeze, can be held for months.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
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Similarly, the Paris accord’s voluntary and scalable commitments helped sustain momentum even after the United States exited the deal in 2017.Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hurts exited the tent and threw a few warmup tosses.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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In Season 2, that vote occurs after each game, and if the majority chooses to quit, the survivors split the pot — everyone gets a little richer and goes home alive.Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The couple will split time between Texas and Virginia, undoubtedly looking for one more property to save.Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The latest iteration of the project calls for felling 108 trees rooted along Greenleaf Avenue, between Wardman and Hadley streets, and planting 118 smaller trees in the area.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Complete decommissioning can include felling or dismantling the turbines, partially or wholly removing the turbine foundations and underground cables, removing the ground-level facilities, and restoring the land to a usable state.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Parted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parted. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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