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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depart.

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Examples

  • Here's how it starts: Atonality in a general sense describes music that departs from the system of tonal hierarchies that characterized the sound of classical European music from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries (please see the longer article "tonality" for further explanation).

    Archive 2009-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • Here's how it starts: Atonality in a general sense describes music that departs from the system of tonal hierarchies that characterized the sound of classical European music from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries (please see the longer article "tonality" for further explanation).

    Caveat lector Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • When the spirit of one twin departs, the furiously working heart of the surviving twin cannot do all the work of keeping the other half alive; the joint life-force dies.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Guest Post - Childlessness can divide friends Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

  • No matter how far the anti-hero of a revisionist western departs from the image, the image is always with him.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • The Obama administration's vision for revamping the nation's financial regulatory system could face significant revisions in the Senate, where proposed reform legislation departs from the White House proposal on several key points, according to staff members, lobbyists and a lawmaker briefed on the plans.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: September 10, 2009 2009

  • When the spirit of one twin departs, the furiously working heart of the surviving twin cannot do all the work of keeping the other half alive; the joint life-force dies.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Guest Post - Childlessness can divide friends Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

  • Especially since it departs from the norm for add-ons?

    Web Teacher › Why Can’t Twitter Be More Like Facebook or Linked In? 2009

  • (And yes, I'm aware that the reality departs from the ideal in multiple dimensions.)

    Discourse.net: Should Prosecutors Hire Jury Consultants? 2009

  • When the spirit of one twin departs, the furiously working heart of the surviving twin cannot do all the work of keeping the other half alive; the joint life-force dies.

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: Guest Post - Childlessness can divide friends Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010

  • No matter how far the anti-hero of a revisionist western departs from the image, the image is always with him.

    Buffalo Bill! The thrill of my life to have invented you! 2010

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