as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the mass decamping for the mountains or the shore by city dwellers that occurs every summer weekend
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Noun
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Since Levy’s departure, the Lewis family have faced questions about their intentions for the club.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025 -
On Her Hiatus Speaking to her fans on a live stream, Kai was candid about her feelings since her WWE departure.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In this add on, a meteor lands on a volcanic island and so Kirby is left collecting shards of a shattered crystal and preventing an eerie presence from inside the rock from escaping.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Story of Pearl Girl centers on a sharp, scrappy heroine (Zhao Lusi) who claws her way into high society after escaping a cruel pearl farm.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The ensemble comedy followed goings on at a fictional Parisian talent agency called ASK.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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In front of me Elis Holmes trudged along, picking out the best going, searching for moose paths that led around the worst of the down stuff, breaking trail through the thimbleberries.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Warrants in Texas have been issued for the absconding Democrats arrest.—
Jim Talamonti,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Aug. 2025
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In early-1970s Framingham, Massachusetts, taciturn family man James (Josh O’Connor) makes the rash, largely inscrutable decision to orchestrate a heist at the local art museum, absconding with a selection of modern paintings—without much of a plan.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Fresh vegetables The vegetables imported to Milwaukee's Burmese shops from Southeast Asia include water spinach, Thai chili leaves, pennywort, okra and bitter melon.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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San Francisco gave itself a major facelift this offseason by letting several key members of its defense leave.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That would be akin to getting out of the frying pan and landing in the fire.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Between breakfast, packing lunches, and getting out the door with two matching shoes, the struggle is real.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Schools, churches, small shops that survived the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed over 300,000 are now a pile of rubble, part of the apocalyptic landscape left behind by the retreating forces that control almost all of Haiti’s capital.—
Johnny Fils-Aimé,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Water is rapidly replacing ice along the coastal plain of southeastern Alaska, where glaciers are thinning and retreating, with meltwater forming lakes off of their fronts, NASA says.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Decamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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