How to Use point of departure in a Sentence

point of departure

noun phrase
  • Here the great proliferator tries, fleetingly, to fix the point of departure for all her novel’s swirling forms.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Think of conventional decorating advice as a point of departure, not a set of rules.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
  • The strain is found primarily in Argentina, the ship’s point of departure.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
  • Montreal was our point of departure, an enchanting city with fantastic food and charming denizens.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Serving as both points of departure and return, these cities shape not only this collection, but also the identity of the house.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Microhistory was really a point of departure in thinking about how micro events, or things that are very small in scale, can really prompt other things.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This nihilistic perspective has been a ubiquitous point of departure for prestige television at least since the first season of Succession.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Under the initiative, passengers would undergo one screening at the international point of departure.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Wrangell Island lies at the mouth of the Stikine River, and the town is the point of departure for the river service to Telegraph Creek, 165 miles upstream.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • United Airlines said flights that were en route to Tel Aviv early Saturday would return to their points of departure or divert to other locations, while flights later in the day were canceled.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • For Bush, a point of departure was a seismic rebellion by the heads of the FBI and Justice Department over the secret domestic surveillance program.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025

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