dramatic departure from

collocation in English

meaningsofdramatic,departureandfrom

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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departure
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈpɑː.tʃər/us
/dɪˈpɑːr.tʃɚ/
the fact of a person or vehicle, etc. ...
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from
preposition
uk
/frɒm/us
/frɑːm/
used to show the place where someone or ...
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(Definition ofdramatic,departureandfromfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The third movement - again following the expected plan - is scherzo-like, and is once again adramaticdeparturefrom the preceding music.
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This was adramaticdeparturefrom historical trends.
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Grindle calls these reforms audacious because they constitute adramaticdeparturefrom the usual processes of slow incremental change.
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This will be adramaticdeparturefrom what we have seen so far.
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Surely that is adramaticdeparturefrom any concept of a referendum that we might have.
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The enactment of this new provision would be adramaticdeparturefrom that basic human right.
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The adoption of the 2-8-0 wheel arrangement was a verydramaticdeparturefrom the standard 0-6-0 goods type, so commonly used.
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While the character names and some minor details remained the same, the screenplay is for the most part adramaticdeparturefrom the novel.
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The entire defense community was faced withdramaticdeparturefrom what had become the traditional mission.
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Such a significant structural change would constitute adramaticdeparturefrom the normative way that workers became and maintained their status as union members.
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Schlesinger's film is adramaticdeparturefrom the previous narratives.
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