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Dozens of Apple engineers and designers with expertise in audio, watch design, robotics and more have decamped to OpenAI in recent months, according to a review of LinkedIn profiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

On their second wedding anniversary, Craig and Daisy have decamped from their Brooklyn apartment for a cabin in the woods in upstate New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

There are fewer weeds, most pests have decamped for the season, diseases are almost nonexistent and plants require little to no watering, because the ground is frozen.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Mr. Barber said some congregations still have members on the books who have decamped for other churches, and that rigorous auditing of membership would yield more accurate results.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2022

Possibly a Revolution may have been accountable for the stoppage of the work, or the President, or Minister of Public Works, may have decamped with the funds.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell