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- noun Plural form of
departure .
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Examples
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So I'm left with decidedly mixed feelings on the announced (and merely rumored) departures from the Obama White House.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense Chris Weigant 2010
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So I'm left with decidedly mixed feelings on the announced (and merely rumored) departures from the Obama White House.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense Chris Weigant 2010
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However, the departures from the norm to be found in even the most perfunctory experimental fiction does at least continue to remind us that it is possible to conceive of fiction asa practicein which form and language are malleable, the mediumthrough which the writer may offer a fresh and distinctive performance.
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Alan Krueger, a top economics official at the Department of Treasury, will leave his post next month to return to academia, becoming the latest in a string of departures from the Obama administration's economic team.
Alan Krueger, Top Treasury Economist, Returning To Princeton The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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There appear to be departures from the series 'established history.
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However, the departures from the norm to be found in even the most perfunctory experimental fiction does at least continue to remind us that it is possible to conceive of fiction asa practicein which form and language are malleable, the mediumthrough which the writer may offer a fresh and distinctive performance.
Experimental Fiction 2010
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•JetBlue, one of Boston Logan's largest tenants, will boost daily departures from the airport 30% by summer 2010.
Airport Check-in: Huntsville, Ala., has highest U.S. fares 2009
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However, the departures from the norm to be found in even the most perfunctory experimental fiction does at least continue to remind us that it is possible to conceive of fiction asa practicein which form and language are malleable, the mediumthrough which the writer may offer a fresh and distinctive performance.
December 2009 2009
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Both stories were, respectively, departures from the graphic novels.
WITCHBLADE FILM WILL BE A DEPARTURE FROM THE COMIC | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Alan Krueger, a top economics official at the Department of Treasury, will leave his post next month to return to academia, becoming the latest in a string of departures from the Obama administration's economic team.
Alan Krueger, Top Treasury Economist, Returning To Princeton AP 2010
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