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 These are potentially key traits for Emery this season, given the number of departures this summer, including Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans and Ezri Konsa. — Aston Villa, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Migrant departures from Tunisia have fallen sharply since the European Union and Tunisia signed a sweeping agreement in 2023. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Some analysts believe one reason behind the departures is burnout from the job search. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 There should be plenty of opportunity for Stribling given the season-ending injury to Ricky Pearsall, Mike Evans coming off missing the most games of his career in 2025, and the departures of Jauan Jennings and Brandon Aiyuk. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 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 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
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
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  • The trivial and the momentous can be connected; small deviations can set us on larger paths.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But there are tiny systemic deviations at small angles in that orientation, which in turn create the twisted structure.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of deviations
Noun
  • On top of that, the Iranian airspace was closed to all flights during the bombings and Iranians were fleeing the country.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Airlines, supported by resilient travel demand and the shutdown of budget carrier Spirit in May, have hiked airfare and baggage fees and cut less profitable flights.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 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
  • Just 4% of 401(k) plans allow the $1,000 emergency 401(k) withdrawals, according to a recent Vanguard analysis.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s treatment of alliance commitments in Europe and Asia as conditional and transactional changes their essential character even without major troop withdrawals or the use of force against allies.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdrawals
Noun
  • True summer lasts only about three months, giving plants a narrow window to grow leaves, produce flowers, get pollinated, and make seeds capable of producing the next generation.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The center also receives waste such as leaves and construction materials and processes them into new products, mainly compost and cattle bedding.
    — Rose Evans August 21, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Departures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departures. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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