point of departure
Example Sentences
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One final point of departure for Papic: he disagrees vehemently with the notion that the intervention in Venezuela is bearish for oil prices.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026
Let’s finally acknowledge how much we don’t know, and from that new point of departure, do everything we can to save our home.
From Salon • May 1, 2025
“I want this to be a point of departure for both me and the viewer,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024
The second feature by Marija Kavtaradze, “Slow” takes this difference as its point of departure.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
He picked his way with surprising care, surprising in anyone who before had used the ground mainly as a point of departure, as the given element in a suspended world of leaps in space.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
