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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Hoever’s departure from the first-team picture was far from ordinary.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025 -
The bus shelter was on a paved section of the airport departures area where people were being dropped off by taxis, friends, family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Williams was taken to Blount County Detention Facility, in Maryville, Tennessee, and prosecutors brought an additional charge against him for escaping federal custody.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Reading can be a powerful way of escaping, relaxing and realizing truths about ourselves and the world.—
Kara Alaimo,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The former Bloodline members got a little too cocky and started to dance in the early goings, but Breakker broke it up and dragged Reigns to the outside.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Has been solid in the early going. LB Chaz Suratt: Spent the last two years as a core special teams player with the Jets under Boyer.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
Verb
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In this unregulated space, however, horror stories abound of coaches and team owners breaking promises and absconding with players’ money, including in Etienne’s league.—
Chris Quintana,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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The key moment in the film is a montage of the lovers absconding to Chris’s Malibu getaway for a trip that’s ridiculously, car-commercial lush.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The country's total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman is expected to have, fell to 1.15 in 2024 from 1.2 the previous year, despite extensive local and central government incentives, and some of the world's most generous parental leave policies.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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The announcement comes two days after Swenson, the institution's president since September 2022, was placed on administrative leave, effective immediately.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Three top concerns include elections and political turmoil that threaten progress, companies retreating or staying silent on DEI and ESG goals, and the rise of sustainability reporting that’s (temporarily) taking up companies’ time.—
Andrew Winston,
Harvard Business Review,
20 Dec. 2024
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Deporting millions of immigrants and retreating from global trade by implementing slogans like America First will not achieve these goals.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Decamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamping. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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