Examples of point of departure in a Sentence
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United Airlines said flights that were en route to Tel Aviv early Saturday would return to their points of departure or divert to other locations, while flights later in the day were canceled.
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CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Montreal was our point of departure, an enchanting city with fantastic food and charming denizens.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The opera’s story uses Tonatiuh’s book as a foundation and a point of departure.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
For Bush, a point of departure was a seismic rebellion by the heads of the FBI and Justice Department over the secret domestic surveillance program.
—Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
What To Know The new measures, set to take full effect on December 26, 2025, would allow U.S. border authorities to photograph non-citizens at any point of departure from the country.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Serving as both points of departure and return, these cities shape not only this collection, but also the identity of the house.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Here the great proliferator tries, fleetingly, to fix the point of departure for all her novel’s swirling forms.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Under the initiative, passengers would undergo one screening at the international point of departure.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
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CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
Montreal was our point of departure, an enchanting city with fantastic food and charming denizens.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The opera’s story uses Tonatiuh’s book as a foundation and a point of departure.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
For Bush, a point of departure was a seismic rebellion by the heads of the FBI and Justice Department over the secret domestic surveillance program.
—Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
What To Know The new measures, set to take full effect on December 26, 2025, would allow U.S. border authorities to photograph non-citizens at any point of departure from the country.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Serving as both points of departure and return, these cities shape not only this collection, but also the identity of the house.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Here the great proliferator tries, fleetingly, to fix the point of departure for all her novel’s swirling forms.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Under the initiative, passengers would undergo one screening at the international point of departure.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Point of departure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20of%20departure. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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