as in departure
the act of leaving a place
his departing was accompanied by tears and heartfelt good wishes
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as in leaving
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1
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another
I'll sing one more song before I depart
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2
as in dying
to stop living
a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year
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Recent Examples of departing
Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
How much of the two presidents Alaskans will be able to see beyond their aircraft arriving and departing is unclear.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
After departing the Grateful Dead in 1979, the Godchauxs formed the Heart of Gold Band, which was cut short by Keith’s tragic death in a car accident the following year.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
Flights arriving and departing from Sky Harbor are delayed because of staffing shortages at the airport's air traffic control tower, according to the FAA.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Cheney rose in the ranks of the administration and, after departing in 1973 and spending a year in the private sector, returned to the White House after Nixon’s resignation.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Lock your home before departing.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
By Sunday night, the flight-tracking website FlightAware reported that all inbound and departing flights out of the downtown San Diego airport were delayed by about an hour.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
This comes after the Daily Mail reported thatEmily Robinson, the couple’s director of communications, was departing after only four months in the role.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
Lock your home before departing.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
Flights for Los Angeles International Airport were temporarily halted Sunday because of a staffing shortage at the Southern California TRACON, which handles flights arriving or departing.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
How much of the two presidents Alaskans will be able to see beyond their aircraft arriving and departing is unclear.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Colin Walsh will succeed Kyle Leahy, who will be departing Glossier at the end of the year, as the beauty brand’s next CEO.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
After departing the Grateful Dead in 1979, the Godchauxs formed the Heart of Gold Band, which was cut short by Keith’s tragic death in a car accident the following year.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
Flights arriving and departing from Sky Harbor are delayed because of staffing shortages at the airport's air traffic control tower, according to the FAA.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Cheney rose in the ranks of the administration and, after departing in 1973 and spending a year in the private sector, returned to the White House after Nixon’s resignation.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Lock your home before departing.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
By Sunday night, the flight-tracking website FlightAware reported that all inbound and departing flights out of the downtown San Diego airport were delayed by about an hour.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
This comes after the Daily Mail reported thatEmily Robinson, the couple’s director of communications, was departing after only four months in the role.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2025
Lock your home before departing.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departing
Noun
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O’Neil’s previous spell at Wolves began just days before the beginning of the 2023-24 season after Julen Lopetegui’s departure, and he was widely considered to have impressed after guiding them to safety and the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tidmarsh’s ouster is the latest in a string of haphazard leadership changes at the agency, which has been rocked for months by firings, departures and controversial decisions on vaccines, fluoride and other products.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Surveillance video shows two masked men entering through an interior hallway of the storage facility before exiting into an outdoor area enclosed by a metal fence.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Prescott, who spent three years as an external adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee before exiting in June, raised questions with the committee, BBC executives, and the corporation’s board.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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Shaw-naé explains how then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is dying to speak with her, how the Venmo CEO invited her to some fancy app meeting, all while Al Roker is buzzing on her phone to give an update on Friday’s upcoming dinner service.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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As Semafor previously reported, many inside the magazine were excited by Guiducci’s arrival, believing the old Vanity Fair was moving too slowly, had fallen too far outside the zeitgeist, and had lost some of its sheen.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tulane University said moving research animals is routine but governed by strict confidentiality agreements to protect the animals’ safety and the parties’ proprietary information.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Yet in practice, America is now collecting billions from importers, much of it falling on carbon-intensive goods and places.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Its share price collapsed a few months after going public, losing a third of its value since the start of the year before Monday's news.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The honks of wild Canada geese, for instance, fresh out of the Arctic and now high in the clouds going south, signal a change in seasons for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Bohlin said that the Swedish Board of Agriculture would procure emergency stockpiling of grain in northern Sweden, which would be circulated so as not to disrupt market mechanisms and to avoid stocks perishing.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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The boys didn't always survive their adventures, with one perishing from a snake bite and another drowning in a Bolivian flood.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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Daedone persuaded the swelling ranks of OM enthusiasts, givers and receivers alike, to join an experiment in communal living, gradually parting them from their wealth and autonomy.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Departing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departing. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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