departure

Example Sentences

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The agreement represents a departure from standard practice, adding one more year to the WGA’s usual three-year contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

CAF stripped Senegal of its title on March 17, over the team's angry departure from the pitch after a penalty was awarded to Morocco late in second-half stoppage time.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A pulsing exploration of party culture and collective movement, it's a departure from the tender, introspective ballads on her Mercury Prize-winning debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams and its 2023 follow-up, My Soft Machine.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Davis was found to have maintained financial ties to the collective impact after her departure to the commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

I don't remember our departure, but I can only imagine what it was like for my grandmothers to hug and kiss their grandchildren farewell with no assurance that they'd ever see us again.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi