decamped; decamping; decamps
Examples of decamp in a Sentence
She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Josh — Bill Demchak ran structured finance and credit at JPMorgan (JPM) and had spent 15 years at the bank before decamping for PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) in 2002.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Kardashian joined a crop of celebrities who decamped to Aspen to ring in the new year.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
In its center, from which the well-to-do have long decamped, decrepit high-rises have been most successfully revitalized by the Homeless Movement of the Center (MSTC), a collective of squatters affiliated with the larger Front Line of the Struggle for Housing (FLM).
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Avery’s best friend, Frances, has decamped to North Carolina to shack up with a plain, natural ram’s-horn sort of man.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
Kardashian joined a crop of celebrities who decamped to Aspen to ring in the new year.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 3 Jan. 2026
In its center, from which the well-to-do have long decamped, decrepit high-rises have been most successfully revitalized by the Homeless Movement of the Center (MSTC), a collective of squatters affiliated with the larger Front Line of the Struggle for Housing (FLM).
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Avery’s best friend, Frances, has decamped to North Carolina to shack up with a plain, natural ram’s-horn sort of man.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decamp
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decamp. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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