as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the simultaneous decampment of tens of thousands of sports fans from the stadium created the inevitable traffic jam
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Werner will be a welcome addition to the Quakes’ attack after the departure of Josef Martinez to Tijuana.—
Mercury News,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026 -
The move marks a departure from past administrations, which have typically moved quickly to open Justice Department civil rights reviews of fatal encounters involving law enforcement, even when criminal charges were considered unlikely.—
Greg Wehner , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Public trust in nuclear power has been slow to recover, and concerns persist over seismic risks, evacuation planning, and the robustness of safety oversight.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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Among Padawer’s demands for the rebuilding of the Palisades—a police substation, regular brush clearance, better evacuation planning, the undergrounding of electricity—is a call for statewide insurance reform.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Decampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decampment. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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