as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the mass decamping for the mountains or the shore by city dwellers that occurs every summer weekend
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Noun
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The first flight took off from the airport late Friday local time, however, and the airport’s departure board indicates that the majority of flights are due to run as scheduled on Saturday.—
Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Add in the departure of running back Damien Martinez and his 204 receiving yards from the 2024 season as well, and the Hurricanes’ top returning receiver from last season is tight end Elija Lofton, who had just nine catches for 150 yards.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Their family was on the run, escaping the mortar fire that drove them from their home in Hari Fara, one of the last refuges for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.—
Adam Ferguson,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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The 1922 version's climax is more focused on Knock escaping and being hunted by the townsfolk because he's scapegoated for the plague.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. Technology stocks, which had been the heaviest weights on the market in the early going, bounced back to offset a big share of the declines elsewhere in the S&P 500.—
Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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McNeese earned its first-ever win in the tournament and next faces No. 4 Purdue, which took down No. 13 High Point earlier in the day, despite the latter making things interesting in the early going.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In this unregulated space, however, horror stories abound of coaches and team owners breaking promises and absconding with players’ money, including in Etienne’s league.—
Chris Quintana,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2024
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The key moment in the film is a montage of the lovers absconding to Chris’s Malibu getaway for a trip that’s ridiculously, car-commercial lush.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the State Department put the entire agency’s staff on administrative leave, slashed its workforce, and halted a portion of payments to partner organizations around the world, including those doing lifesaving work.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
20 Mar. 2025
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Although the probationary workers at NOAA have technically been reinstated, they were placed on administrative leave and have not been asked to return to work.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Three top concerns include elections and political turmoil that threaten progress, companies retreating or staying silent on DEI and ESG goals, and the rise of sustainability reporting that’s (temporarily) taking up companies’ time.—
Andrew Winston,
Harvard Business Review,
20 Dec. 2024
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Deporting millions of immigrants and retreating from global trade by implementing slogans like America First will not achieve these goals.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Decamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamping. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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