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
One 2024 study of resumes at Microsoft, SpaceX, and Apple found that return-to-office policies led to an exodus of senior employees, which posed a potential threat to competitiveness of the larger firm.
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Alana Semuels, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
The exodus of talent to new venues threatens to Babel-ize the media landscape even further than its current splintered state.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Black women’s mass exodus from the U.S. labor market is caused by several different factors.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Following the exodus of Aaron Rodgers, New York was quick to pounce on Fields, giving him a two-year, $40 million contract.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Alana Semuels, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
The exodus of talent to new venues threatens to Babel-ize the media landscape even further than its current splintered state.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Black women’s mass exodus from the U.S. labor market is caused by several different factors.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Following the exodus of Aaron Rodgers, New York was quick to pounce on Fields, giving him a two-year, $40 million contract.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exodus
Noun
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Go with the flow, but not toward the beach: Trying to swim directly toward the beach when caught in a rip current is futile and exhausting.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Aug. 2025
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For decades, biologists understood the flow of genetic information through a simple framework: DNA produces RNA, which in turn makes proteins, leading to observable traits and disease.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Southbound Stock Connect saw very large sells in the Hong Kong Tracker and Hang Seng China Enterprise ETFs, with $2.30 billion worth of outflow today, though Alibaba had a strong day of net buying.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Ether ETFs saw more than $5 billion in inflows in July alone (with just a single day of outflows of $1.8 million on July 2), bringing it's total cumulative inflows to $9.64 to date.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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Like most hate crimes in Colombia, no one has been arrested for her killing, despite the outpouring of anger over anti-LGBTQ violence triggered by the murder of Millerey just weeks earlier.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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The incident prompted an outpouring of support from Virginia officials, including Governor Glenn Youngkin, who offered his prayers.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Exodus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exodus. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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