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
Behind him, officials key to his brutal rule made a mass exodus, virtually undetected.
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Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
That has led to an exodus of all mainstream news outlets from the complex, with reporters turning in their press badges.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The analysis doesn’t indicate what drove the exodus from stocks to bonds.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
In addition, many of the cities with the highest cancellation rates were in Florida and Texas, which have seen a surge in housing supply after a pandemic-era exodus to those states triggered a building boom.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
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Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
That has led to an exodus of all mainstream news outlets from the complex, with reporters turning in their press badges.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
The analysis doesn’t indicate what drove the exodus from stocks to bonds.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
In addition, many of the cities with the highest cancellation rates were in Florida and Texas, which have seen a surge in housing supply after a pandemic-era exodus to those states triggered a building boom.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exodus
Noun
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Reopening the government would also restart the flow of economic data.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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That was a cool play, but in the regular flow of the offense, Underwood had trouble connecting on anything downfield.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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