depart
verb (used without object)
to go away; leave.
have departed
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present perfectof depart.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Hemmings looks like a mixture of the two players who have departed and his display against PSG in the Super Cup caught my eye as much as, if not more than, Madjo's.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
A top spokesperson for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left her administration Monday after a brief tenure, joining a growing list of communications aides who have departed over the last nine months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Several teachers at her son’s school have departed, but none of her friends has decided to leave for good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Over the past six months, an average of four deportation flights have departed the state daily, the most in the country, according to ICE Flight Monitor, a nonprofit that tracks them.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
If she were going to do that, she would have departed last spring when I was flying her free.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
