How to Use exodus in a Sentence

exodus

noun
  • There’s no easy fix to slow the exodus of retail chains from cities.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • What if just half the team stays — or less, with a mass exodus to the locker room?
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Brener was part of a broad exodus.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The move could be seen as an attempt to stem an exodus of talent.
    — E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But no exodus has been as massive and swift as the one taking place now.
    — Robin McDowell, The Seattle Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The union has blamed the law for an exodus of officers from the force.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some of those with most to lose from a Russian exodus may be lawyers.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • These figures tend to show that the great exodus has not taken place.
    — Arnaud Devigne, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Don't rule out the phone call, but do not conclude an exodus is a given.
    — Mac Engel, star-telegram, 9 May 2018
  • Passover seders are festive meals at which the story of their exodus is told.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Strict curbs on the movement of money have slowed the exodus.
    — Enda Curran, Bloomberg.com, 3 July 2017
  • Google didn't want to do all that work just to later cause a mass exodus from the service.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The overnight strikes triggered a mass exodus of the displaced.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The exodus is already on pace to be the biggest in at least seven years.
    — Michael Wursthorn, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2022
  • This was a slow day—there’s a smaller need for short-term housing than at the height of the exodus.
    — Hanna Kozlowska, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
  • There are shouts of relief for the end of the half followed by a mass exodus for the bathroom.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
  • Yet even those numbers may not fully capture the scope of the exodus.
    — Anthony Faiola and Rachelle Krygier, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
  • At the heart of the problem is the exodus from law enforcement.
    — Trisha Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, there’s been an exodus of federal workers who left by choice.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The huge exodus is also a major brain drain for Ukraine.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • This was the first year that the health care law’s markets didn’t see a mass exodus of insurers.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Isn’t Egypt the place the Jews were supposed to have left for good in the exodus?
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Many backtracked on the exodus and returned to join the party.
    — Nancy Ing, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • In Afghanistan, the exodus has emptied some villages of their men.
    — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • But there is an exodus and there is impact on the economies, therefore (ph) our partners.
    — CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The impact of the crisis and the exodus of youth is visible at a glance.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The sanctions themselves did not drive the exodus, Blinken said.
    — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • The youngest Burner ever made an exodus from the playa that will go down as one of the most talked-about.
    — Siobhan McAndrew, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Amid two years of falling sales, the company has seen an exodus of talent.
    — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Because the exodus is so urgent, not from the people who are fired but from the people who may be fired.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026

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