Examples of depart in a Sentence
The group is scheduled to depart tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.
Our flight departs at 6:15 a.m.
The train departed the station on time.
He is departing after 20 years with the company.
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López departed after four innings and just 61 pitches in the Twins’ 6-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Target Field, getting five more outs after the play before leaving with what the Twins called right forearm tightness as a result of the dive.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
By March 2023, he had been replaced by Steven Knight and later said Lucasfilm asked him to depart the project.
—Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, problems with a phone company telecommunications line between Long Island, New York and Philadelphia caused Air traffic controllers there to repeatedly lost contact with flights approaching or departing Newark Liberty International Airport.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Marquez succeeds Tim Gray, who is departing Anterix to pursue a new opportunity.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2025
By March 2023, he had been replaced by Steven Knight and later said Lucasfilm asked him to depart the project.
—Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, problems with a phone company telecommunications line between Long Island, New York and Philadelphia caused Air traffic controllers there to repeatedly lost contact with flights approaching or departing Newark Liberty International Airport.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Marquez succeeds Tim Gray, who is departing Anterix to pursue a new opportunity.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Depart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depart. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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depart
intransitive verb
de·part
: to fail to follow : deviate from a course or standard
rather than sentencing petitioners to a term within the Guideline range, however, the District Court departed downward eight levels—Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
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