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decamp

[dih-kamp] / dɪˈkæmp /


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That’s doubtful given that it has already spurred many billionaires to decamp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Barron’s Karishma Vanjani writes that overseas investors’ desire to decamp from Treasuries is already a concern.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Yet others question whether anything like a Mamdani mayoralty would really provoke millionaires and billionaires to decamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Oo Oo had refused to decamp and took shelter in the village monastery instead, knowing that the military would not attack Buddhist sites.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

The principal spoke with such gravity that Christine and her classmates worried they might have to pack up their books and decamp for the other side of town at that very moment.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly