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mass exodus

NOUN
brain drain
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He doesn’t expect a mass exodus of customers this time around, either.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Tehran residents, known as Tehranis, said the city was functioning but thinned out after a mass exodus of people who had the means to leave and secure a place elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

However, a mass exodus of a number of the state’s billionaires — more than 200 people — would have a notable effect on state revenue, regardless.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Photographs showed a stream of people moving south along the coastal road from Gaza City on foot, on donkey carts and in vehicles on Tuesday, but there was no sign of a mass exodus.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

“Several people will be completely ruined after this evening. There’s going to be a mass exodus for Mexico City in the morning. But then Mexico City is so wonderfully wild.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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