- present participle of depart.
departing
Example Sentences
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Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Zach Kahler said the decision confirms a “straightforward principle” that departing the U.S. has meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Senate approved Blanche as lawmakers raced through a roughly 20-hour session before departing Washington for their summer recess.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Noam Shazeer, who was the co-lead of Gemini, said he was departing for OpenAI, and John Jumper, a Nobel Prize winner, said he was moving to Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
We admitted we were not departing for some hours, until darkness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
