embarkation

noun

Definition of embarkationnext
as in evacuation

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Recent Examples of embarkation The museum will be near the embarkation points for future diving tours of the ship, according to the SS United States Conservancy. — Cbs Philadelphia, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Your cruise line might collect your passport upon initial embarkation, or crew will go into your stateroom to retrieve it. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 The Blue Lizard sunscreen goes into my embarkation tote beside my swimsuit. — Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Instead, Griswold recommends asking a crew member or your travel advisor what other restaurants are serving lunch on embarkation day. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026 Arriving the day before a sailing is especially important when the embarkation port is far from home, and if time and money permit, staying at least one night after debarkation helps keep a quick getaway from feeling too fleeting. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embarkation
  1. evacuation
  2. disembarkation
  3. emigration
  4. exodus
  5. diaspora
  6. flight
Noun
  • Opaque foam boards covered the windows, blocking sightlines and delaying evacuation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Opaque foam boards that covered the apartments’ windows blocked residents’ views, delaying evacuation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of evacuation
Noun
  • Upon the Lincoln’s arrival in the morning, service members could be seen working aboard the deck as loudspeakers played announcements about the process for disembarkation.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Mainstream cruise lines automatically add gratuities to guests’ onboard accounts, but guests can adjust them before disembarkation.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of disembarkation
Noun
  • The rate of emigration by physicians has nearly doubled since the twenty-tens.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement Since 2023, Israel has seen record levels of emigration and growing international isolation.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of emigration
Noun
  • Trump’s decimation of the federal bureaucracy, which included cutting thousands of jobs at the State Department, has triggered an unprecedented exodus from the Foreign Service.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Since a mass mobilization drive in 2022, which sparked a panicked exodus across its borders, Russia has relied mostly on large financial incentives to lure soldiers to fight.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of exodus
Noun
  • That Eastern European diaspora at City Spa encompasses Ukrainians, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Chechens, Armenians and others.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Antisemitism has surged across much of the world, with 2025 marking the deadliest year for Jews in the diaspora in more than three decades, according to Tel Aviv University.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of diaspora
Noun
  • The company now plans to expand testing before integrating the engine into a flight vehicle.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Kenya’s own top-flight football league and national teams, for instance, have been riddled with challenges ranging from leadership wrangles to payment delays.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
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