as in flow
a flowing or going out
the mass exodus from the cities for the beaches and the mountains on most summer weekends
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Recent Examples of exodus
Making women's voices heard While the exodus of rural women continues, some women stay put or return to rural areas to try to improve them.
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Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
What made the recent exodus different was not just its scale but its political timing.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the exodus from the pay TV bundle continued, with Comcast reporting the segment lost 257,000 customers during the period.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
For now, the exodus has already started, as Andrew and his ex Sarah Ferguson have not been invited to spend Christmas with the family at Sandringham.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
What made the recent exodus different was not just its scale but its political timing.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the exodus from the pay TV bundle continued, with Comcast reporting the segment lost 257,000 customers during the period.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
For now, the exodus has already started, as Andrew and his ex Sarah Ferguson have not been invited to spend Christmas with the family at Sandringham.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exodus
Noun
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Now, Tapachula is experiencing a reverse migration, as the United States sends planeload after planeload of deportees to the southern part of Mexico while the flow of migrants headed north has dried up.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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While high-risk inmates have been isolated in individual cells, the flow of information never truly stops, said Christino.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Strong inflows from Asia more than offset outflows in the Americas, where UBS this week applied for a US banking license.—
Reuters 18 hr ago,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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That outflow emerges at a layer called the tropopause, which marks the boundary between the troposphere (where Earth’s weather happens) and the overlying stratosphere.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ladd’s passing has unleashed an outpouring of tributes on social media—and her election-year message has emerged as another part of her legacy.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Martinez says of the outpouring of support.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Exodus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exodus. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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