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Example sentences for: departure

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It cannot be compared with a dictionary, per se: its headwords serve more as a point of departure for McCully to hold forth on the myriad aspects of an activity—I hesitate calling fishing a “sport”— which he evidently knows and loves so well.
How has this departure come about?
In an editorial, La Repubblica said Murdoch blamed Italian antitrust legislation for his departure, but in reality he was alarmed by Canal Plus' acquisition of a 17 percent stake in his highly profitable British TV company, Sky.
In 1528, the Spanish Crown claimed Acapulco, and established it as the departure point for a trade route to the Orient.
In an editorial, the Times of London called Lafontaine's departure "good news for both Germany and Europe" offering "some hope of a saner German economic policy" but, stressing his continuing power on the German Left, said he was likely to be "the most unquiet ghost since Banquo."