How to Use brain drain in a Sentence

brain drain

noun
  • Nothing has been done to stop the brain drain as more and more doctors move away from the area.
  • The brain drain to low-tax states has to stop.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Many managers now worry about a brain drain from their ranks.
    — Chip Cutter, WSJ, 25 May 2021
  • This brain drain appears to be real.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
  • These closures risk a severe brain drain.
    — Jennie L. Durant, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • This could shift the brain drain in a manner that moves us toward a brain gain.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • There’s a huge brain drain of the creative class out of Russia.
    — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 25 May 2018
  • The solution to brain drain might be right under their noses.
    — Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The rule appears to have reduced the brain drain, the report says.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The lack of access to Hawaii only contributes to the brain drain.
    — Dan Nakaso, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The huge exodus is also a major brain drain for Ukraine.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Some investors also are worried about a brain drain at Tesla.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 3 July 2020
  • Campbell added that the tech district could play a critical role in stemming the brain drain from the state.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That initial shutdown and the mental brain drain that ensued was more than 22 months ago.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Has the status of Alabama’s problem with brain drain changed?
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 12 Nov. 2019
  • This has led to a brain drain as those with the greatest natural talent and drive emigrate.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 7 July 2021
  • The science brain drain is already happening.
    — Robert Bird, The Conversation, 2 July 2025
  • This flow of scientists to neighboring countries has given rise to fears of a brain drain.
    — Ina Ganguli, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
  • The brain drain in the field will only help competing nations such as China.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • The company may be content with making the sacrifice of some brain drain.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Officials also believe the scholarship has helped stem a brain drain from the state.
    — The Hechinger Report, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The region has long suffered a brain drain of top talent, although that’s beginning to change.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
  • For too long, America carried the burden of global brain drain.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That should come as welcome relief for businesses in Hong Kong, which had long warned of a brain drain.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Over half a million Greeks left during the crisis in a brain drain that has hampered a recovery.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • The recent exodus represents an acute brain drain.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And that isn’t even the complete list of the 49ers’ offseason offensive brain drain.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
  • So much for that coaching brain drain that was supposed to hamper the Patriots this season.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • This loss in students could lead to a significant brain drain in the United States.
    — Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In the last two years, Gaza has had a painful brain drain of those who can afford to pay the hefty fees and bribes to exit through Egypt.
    — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020

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