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April 23, 2024

Word of the Day: Exodus

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Word of the Day
: April 23, 2024

\EK-suh-dus\ noun

What It Means

An exodus is a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time—in other words a mass departure or emigration.

// The resort town eagerly anticipated the mass exodus from the cities to its beaches as summer approached.

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