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
The data will be collected at the point of departure - either at an airport, port or train station - where there will be dedicated booths for scanning fingerprints and taking a photo.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025
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
The choreography had a certain angle, a certain point of departure — even a certain splashiness — but it remained less than memorable.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023
The place where they land will then become part of the web and serve as a point of departure for further leaps.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
