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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There's something about getting out of the cold to a warm destination like South Florida or Southern California during early spring, so take it from a guy who has gotten into trouble, but survived.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Vegetation must be dry enough to ignite and burn, but temperatures and winds should be moderately low to prevent the fire from getting out of control—conditions that are becoming less predictable as global temperatures rise.—
Kiley Price,
WIRED,
15 Mar. 2025
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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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Moving from romantic comedy to crime thriller and other wild tonal territories, the low-budget indie follows Ani (Madison), a New York stripper who elopes with the son of an uber rich Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn) and enters a world of trouble.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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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However, gains made off that announcement were erased by Trump's later confirmation of forthcoming 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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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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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 24 Mar. 2025.
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