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 The departures of McDuffie and Watson left a significant void, one the Chiefs hoped to fill in the NFL Draft. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 The organization was building something from the ground up, and their departures were part of that fresh start. — Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Only months earlier the airline had planned 100 peak daily departures from Fort Lauderdale in 2026. — Michael Cheng, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 Range Rover is preparing to expand its line-up with a fifth model – and, if early indications are anything to go by, the forthcoming Range Rover GT could prove to be one of the brand's most significant departures in decades. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Later in 2026 and in late 2028, the cruise line will have a handful of departures from Galveston, Texas. — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 22 July 2026 The new movie makes several key departures from the ancient epic poem attributed to Homer. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Because some of my earliest departures happen before my neighborhood coffee shop or even the airport lounge opens, caffeine is a non-negotiable. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026 Higher-income households are now accounting for a larger share of total departures from the state. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departures
  1. goings
  2. deviations
  3. flights
  4. evacuations
  5. exoduses
  6. withdrawals
  7. leaves
Noun
  • This is somebody who knew intimately the goings on in my family tax and estate planning entities.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Ted Johnson’s run down of goings on across the Atlantic is well worth a read.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 2026
Definition of goings
Noun
  • Manufacturing tacit knowledge cannot be captured fully in SOPs because real process behavior often lives in pattern memory built through years of batch history, deviations and corrective action.
    — Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In short, despite occasional deviations from the script, most foundations have lacked expiration dates.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of deviations
Noun
  • Many clinics recommend leaving enough time for at least one post-procedure check before returning home, so travel plans should be discussed before booking flights.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • A number of test flights have already been conducted with full-scale surrogate aircraft.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 22 July 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
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  • At 18, accounts can convert to a Roth IRA, allowing tax-free growth and withdrawals for qualified uses like higher education or a first home.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Adults cannot make withdrawals on teens’ trust, in this case by asking them to share their life experiences and invest their energy and effort into cooperating with adults, if the adults have not built up their trust account.
    — Krista Mehari, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of withdrawals
Noun
  • Needless to say, there are only a handful of milkweed leaves left in the yard that remain within their reach.
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • The leaves were also quite yellow, which suggests a nutrient deficiency.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of leaves

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