depart
verb (used without object)
to go away; leave.
was departing
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past progressiveof depart.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
The company announced the selection Wednesday, capping an extensive search process that kicked off at the end of last year after Lululemon announced that Calvin McDonald was departing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
This flight was departing from Birmingham and headed to Belfast.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
The WPC news release and statement from Gallagher on Wednesday made no mention of those complaints, but said Gallagher was departing to focus on a consulting firm in the expanding field of artificial intelligence.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
The lovely damsel passed the night with the old woman, and on the morrow, when she was departing, the old woman gave her a little gift.
From Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
