Synonyms for point of departure
point of de·par·ture

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1. jumping-off place, point of departurenoun

   a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

   "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"

   Synonyms:
   springboard, jumping-off point, jumping-off place

2. springboard, jumping-off point, point of departurenoun

   a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

   "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"

   Synonyms:
   springboard, jumping-off point, jumping-off place

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1. Bertrand Grabowski:

   It will take some time. It requires upgrades in infrastructure...and won't happen from one day to the next. But I see this as an important point of departure.

2. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   In particular, last point of departure airports, and those are mostly in Europe. Some are in the Middle East.

3. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   We have the ability, through airlines, through our relationship with other countries, to put out guidelines that influence the behavior of airport authorities and airport security at overseas airports, in particular, last point of departure airports, and those are mostly in Europe. Some are in the Middle East.

4. Alex de Tocqueville:

   Their point of departure is different and their paths diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. (on Russia and America)