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
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
In January, a 737 Max 9 was forced to return to its point of departure in Portland, Oregon, making an emergency landing after a door panel blew out in mid-air.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
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
He picked his way with surprising care, surprising in anyone who before had used the ground mainly as a point of departure, as the given element in a suspended world of leaps in space.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
