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departing

  • present participle of depart.

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Much about the grimy parts of Burning Man is left unmentioned, leaving it up to Redditors to gripe about sanitation pile-ups departing Burners leave in nearby towns.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The EU also has to decide whether to extend the scheme to cover the waste sector and international flights departing from the bloc -- a move strongly opposed by airlines.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Head of BBC Radio 1, Aled Haydn Jones, thanked the presenters who were departing the station and wished them "every success in whatever comes next".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

He explained which arriving and departing planes we were stopped for en route and how things would work when we pulled up to Gate D41.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

In the first week of September 1892 Olmsted and his young party left England for home, departing Liverpool aboard the City of New York.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson