Or the most striking voluntary departure you have witnessed?

Acquiring a brokerage house would be a striking departure from its traditional formula.

For all that, the new book contains striking departures from its predecessor.

But the concept is a striking departure for most institutions of higher education.

The announcement was a striking departure for a 183-year-old family company that previously concentrated on its industrial holdings.

The Pages found that method a striking departure from their experiences in sitcoms.

Such a move would be a striking departure from Eastern-bloc practice.

The way the pensioners actually do their deals is a striking departure from the accepted image of the modern trading floor.

Shakespeare's most striking departure from Cinthio is the manner of his heroine's death.

And it was a striking departure from the embassy's usual social profile.