part
noun
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent.
are parting
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present progressiveof part.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two companies at the center of the artificial-intelligence data center investment boom are parting ways, according to a report External link from the Financial Times.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
At the last station on the line, soldier Andrii and his girlfriend Polina are parting after an all-too-brief time together.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
“Andrew Tulloch and Thinking Machines Lab are parting ways. Andrew has decided to pursue a different path for personal reasons,” a spokeswoman for Thinking Machines Lab said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
The shooting happened, she noted, at a time of year when young bears are parting from their mothers and learning to live on their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Thanks to Global Positioning Systems we can see that Europe and North America are parting at about the speed a fingernail grows–roughly two yards in a human lifetime.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
