departures

noun

plural of departure
1
as in goings
the act of leaving a place his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him

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2
as in deviations
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 departures One of the original nine members of the band, Wilson’s exit comes after the departures of Craig Jones in 2023 and Chris Fehn in 2019, as well as the deaths of Joey Jordison in 2021 and Paul Gray in 2010. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026 Key departures include Ferran Torres to PSG for €50 million, netting Barça €40 million, and Ansu Fati's €11 million move to Monaco. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Willock leaving for £25million opened the door for Martin Odegaard to join in 2021, while the departures of Smith Rowe (£34m), Alex Iwobi (£34m) and Nketiah (£30m) are the only ones that rival the Oxlade-Chamberlain fee. — Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Friday's meeting was planned before this week's executive departures and was held with current shareholders, the person said. — Kate Rooney, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 The deluge of executive departures at OpenAI continues, as the company announced Denise Dresser would be leaving yesterday. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Their departures add another chapter to what’s becoming one of the biggest resets in the gallery’s history. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Travelers also have their pick of embarkation ports, from the convenience of departures from New York City to the thrill of sailings from historic San Juan, Puerto Rico, or the friendly Texas welcome of a Galveston embarkation. — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026 The trio—Courtney Willis Blair, Sukanya Rajaratnam, and Jessie Washburne-Harris—offered varying reasons for their departures. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departures
  1. goings
  2. deviations
  3. flights
  4. evacuations
  5. exoduses
  6. withdrawals
  7. leaves
Noun
  • An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • This is somebody who knew intimately the goings on in my family tax and estate planning entities.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of goings
Noun
  • To be clear, the success of a good adaptation isn’t necessarily its faithfulness to the source material, but major deviations from the book are far from the only problems here.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Performance systems ensure that deviations from plan are immediately visible.
    — Peter Follows, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of deviations
Noun
  • In May of last year, an Army helicopter that was instructed to fly over the Pentagon helipad forced controllers to order two flights to abort landings at Reagan National Airport to prevent collisions.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Even thin ash can damage aircraft engines, potentially grounding flights across large areas.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of flights
Noun
  • Summit Fire evacuations An evacuation order and evacuation warnings are in effect for the Summit Fire.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The fire has prompted numerous evacuations in the area, including the complete evacuation of the town of Eureka, which has a population of just over 600.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of evacuations
Noun
  • The cities get quieter, the exoduses take place, and the publishing output slows to an almost complete halt.
    — Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of exoduses
Noun
  • Rain and snow are the income, while evaporation, plant use, runoff, and human withdrawals are the expenditure.
    — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Methadone, a powerful medication used to quell withdrawals and help people addicted to opioids achieve stability, is the most effective tool for treating opioid addiction.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdrawals
Noun
  • The leaves and trunks of my magnolia are covered with gray to brown spots up to an inch or more in diameter?
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
  • To help improve oxygen levels as the plants put down roots, remove all but the top set of leaves on the stem cutting.
    — Shelby Vittek, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
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