The word "Exodus" is correct and usable in written English.
It typically refers to the movement of a large group of people out of a particular area, often due to religious or political reasons. Example sentence: "The Exodus of Jews from Egypt is an important part of the Bible."
In the following year the town's population of about 4,000 dropped by nearly half, and as businesses and supermarkets closed, Qantas cut its services, and houses were left empty, the exodus began to take a toll on the mental health of those who stayed behind.
"These problems of great migrations are much like those of the rural exodus.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.43pm AEST06:43 While the Hottest 100 rages on, we're hearing reports of a British icon in trouble at the Big Day Out... — Sarah (@fivepennyplease) January 26 , 2014Mass exodus from the arena when Beady Eye started playing, haha.
The glory days of the early 1980s were now a distant memory for the Suffolk club, the departure of manager Bobby Robson at the start of the decade and an exodus of key players eventually leading to an inevitable relegation in 1986.
Now their children are forming an exodus from the crisis-ridden eurozone, four years of recession and the dogged perception of inequality and discrimination in the west.
The US, Philippines and even Gambia have offered assistance or possible resettlement of Rohingya, evoking the coordinated response to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of boat people from Vietnam in the late 1970s.
Barclays most senior banker in the US is to leave, triggering fears of an exodus of staff as the business prepares for another restructuring of its controversial investment banking arm.
It's the biggest exodus from the Cabinet in memory.
He, too, sees no imminent exodus – despite an average monthly wage in Bulgaria of only €400 (£330).
My neutral mole, who has been canvassing the Premiership dressing-room mood, is particularly unconvinced by the argument that activating the exceptional-circumstances clause in this instance would seriously undermine the domestic league and lead to a mass exodus of English talent to France.
With the round of rewards just starting in the City, new bonus guidelines from Brussels have prompted fresh threats of an exodus; but policymakers around the world now have a chance to see what really happens when the plug gets pulled on bonuses entirely.
