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as in departing
the act of leaving a place
his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him
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as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard
any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite
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Recent Examples of departure
Prue Leith joined the judging panel in 2017 after Mary Berry’s departure.
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Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Davies, who also played keyboards and harmonica, carried the band forward after Hodgson's departure in 1983 but disbanded the group by the end of the decade.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Her exit followed the departures of Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
With all these new additions, SNL also saw a number of departures.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Davies, who also played keyboards and harmonica, carried the band forward after Hodgson's departure in 1983 but disbanded the group by the end of the decade.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Her exit followed the departures of Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
With all these new additions, SNL also saw a number of departures.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for departure
Noun
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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
Noun
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Even the smallest deviations during assembly can create measurable differences in performance.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The new leadership moved swiftly to eliminate diversity and inclusion (DEI) programming and gender studies, launch an athletics program and aggressively recruit student athletes — changes that triggered an exodus of faculty, inflamed alumni and reshaped the college’s academic culture.—
Alice Herman,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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There has been a mass exodus at the agency, including the loss of its director, but others left in protest of Kennedy's leadership and his controversial views on vaccines.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The book functions as a set of nesting dolls, offering stories embedded in stories, a series of overlapping detours and evasions that ultimately coalesce as a vivid and coherent whole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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There are no detours related to the this project, Zeigler said.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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The club looked at how the best Championship teams made the transition into the top flight in the past.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Abu Dhabi experience The new flight lands at Zayed International Airport, which offers a variety of unique experiences for customers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Follow evacuation instructions without delay.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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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
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Every cut to the CDC, every withdrawal from WHO, every concession to anti-science populism shortens lives — not only in Chicago, Harlem and Houston but also in Lagos, Caracas, Mumbai, Gaza and Nairobi.—
Stan Chu Ilo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The move follows the imposition of new layers of bureaucratic scrutiny on wind farm permits, and the withdrawal of permits for at least one major offshore wind farm already under construction.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Departure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departure. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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