1
as in exits
to leave a place often for another
I'll sing one more song before I depart
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2
as in dies
to stop living
a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year
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Recent Examples of departs
After this storm departs on Sunday, the Bay Area will see a drying pattern through the end of April, Canepa said.
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Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
This particular instance, however, departs from cliché in important ways.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Their return home to San Diego is marked with a hero’s welcome at the airport—the next trip departs on May 1 with an arrival back on May 3.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
United economy awards have no change or cancellation fees up until your flight departs and no fees for standard seat selection.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
San Diego The Surfliner departs from the Santa Fe Depot in the heart of downtown San Diego.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson departs after a vote at the Capitol on March 26, 2026.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
But in the fourth episode of the season, the show departs from this reliable structure.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
The governor’s office is expected to make an official announcement once Swalwell departs.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2026
Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026
This particular instance, however, departs from cliché in important ways.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Their return home to San Diego is marked with a hero’s welcome at the airport—the next trip departs on May 1 with an arrival back on May 3.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
United economy awards have no change or cancellation fees up until your flight departs and no fees for standard seat selection.
—Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
San Diego The Surfliner departs from the Santa Fe Depot in the heart of downtown San Diego.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson departs after a vote at the Capitol on March 26, 2026.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
But in the fourth episode of the season, the show departs from this reliable structure.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
The governor’s office is expected to make an official announcement once Swalwell departs.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departs
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African oil producers face a more volatile future after the United Arab Emirates exits OPEC on May 1 — a move that could weaken a cartel many of them rely on to support prices.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Nick Jonas exits his hotel in New York on April 24.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Domestic violence suspect crashes, dies while fleeing police A man suspected in a domestic violence incident Friday morning in Plymouth led police on a brief chase on Route 3 before ultimately crashing his car into another vehicle and dying.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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When a patient dies from a preventable error, the doctors and nurses go home.—
Joe Kiani,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Carr is a natural athlete who moves like a great shortstop, and his ability to find cleaner throwing air out of the pocket — and his ability to make throws from multiple arm slots — is special.—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the Moon moves through your 9th House of Learning, conversations shape direction.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lawrence, though, is widely regarded as a top-five player at his position, whereas Greenard falls around 15th among edge rushers in most meaningful metrics.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The 44% theory Steve Dittmore admits that his research interest, the relationship of athletics and enrollment at small colleges, falls pretty far outside of the mainstream, even in the already-niche world of sports and higher ed.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Away goes the space normally occupied by pickup trucks and Weber grills.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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From then on, the storytelling goes slack and perfunctory as sharks swarm and chomp on passengers and crew clinging for dear lives on rafts or slabs of plane wreckage.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Dec. 2025
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Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Aug. 2025
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Rodriguez is happy to see things coming together as conference play gets into full swing.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Where Uthmeier succumbs to bigotry is in the presumption that DEI means unqualified.—
Howard L. Simon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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But her character succumbs to Ducournau’s convoluted plotting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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