as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
Many attendees then decamped to the Faena, including Mnuchin and Dina Powell McCormick, the former Trump official who is now vice chair of the investment firm BDT & MSD.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
That could force an uptick in labor costs as restaurant owners rush to make up the difference, but meanwhile, some workers are decamping to greener pastures in search of more money.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
In season two, when Mike White’s series decamped to Sicily, the credits riffed on Italian frescoes that got increasingly debauched — with a beat drop from opera to EDM.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
Elon Musk moved automaker Tesla Inc. and social-media platform X to the Austin area, while Chevron Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. decamped for Houston and Westlake, respectively.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
That could force an uptick in labor costs as restaurant owners rush to make up the difference, but meanwhile, some workers are decamping to greener pastures in search of more money.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025
In season two, when Mike White’s series decamped to Sicily, the credits riffed on Italian frescoes that got increasingly debauched — with a beat drop from opera to EDM.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
Elon Musk moved automaker Tesla Inc. and social-media platform X to the Austin area, while Chevron Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. decamped for Houston and Westlake, respectively.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
Verb
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Vanya absconds from the house, leaving Ani, who surprises Toros with her strength and invective.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Gordon had absconded with the Camargo while transporting ordinary merchandise from San Francisco to New York.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Duterte withdrew the Philippines in 2019 from the Rome Statute, the court’s founding treaty, in a move human rights activists say was aimed at escaping accountability.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Without cellphone service, and fearing that his driver might have a weapon, the then 32-year-old Ugandan felt powerless to escape.—
Amy Gunia,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Focus on your audience The secret to camera confidence is getting out of your own head.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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During a commercial break, the Best Actor nominee saluted the strength of the Hollywood community and encouraged his fellow attendees to get out of their seats for an impromptu dance party.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The couple eloped to Las Vegas and married on May 1, 1996.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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The movie follows a 23-year-old stripper named Ani (Madison) who elopes with the son of a rich Russian family named Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn) after meeting him at her club.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
3 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
11 Oct. 2024
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As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.—
Danielle Paquette,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019
Verb
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
Verb
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But student-athletes making money through NIL has been a decades-long conversation, especially considering the profits institutions make off certain programs that have national appeal.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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This same attack has been used to access crypto wallets and make off with valuable digital currency.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamp. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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