parting
noun
the act of a person or thing that parts.
partings
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pluralof parting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Don't forget your hairline and any partings to protect your scalp.
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
The partings are only temporary, at Wanenmacher’s anyway.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
Its story, held between the arbitrary-seeming brackets of electoral victory and pop-star overdose, is inchoate, and beguilingly so: a series of meetings and partings, a fluctuation of perceptions, emotions, and desires.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
Our lives are composed of meetings and partings, with brief, bright acquaintances in-between.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
