How to Use brain drain in a Sentence

brain drain

noun
Definition of brain drainnext
  • Nothing has been done to stop the brain drain as more and more doctors move away from the area.
  • 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
  • And the recent changes will only add to the brain drain.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019
  • Part of Daniels’ problem could be traced to a brain drain.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The rule appears to have reduced the brain drain, the report says.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a huge brain drain of the creative class out of Russia.
    — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 25 May 2018
  • The lack of access to Hawaii only contributes to the brain drain.
    — Dan Nakaso, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Not lost on Duong is part of the point of Bright Futures is to prevent brain drain and keep the state’s smartest students home.
    — NBC News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Many managers now worry about a brain drain from their ranks.
    — Chip Cutter, WSJ, 25 May 2021
  • In the Philippines, brain drain was a real thing: There was no decent work to be had, even in the big city of Manila.
    — Yana Gilbuena, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Campbell added that the tech district could play a critical role in stemming the brain drain from the state.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And that isn’t even the complete list of the 49ers’ offseason offensive brain drain.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
  • That initial shutdown and the mental brain drain that ensued was more than 22 months ago.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The flight of people like Mr. Boulares represents a major brain drain.
    — Chao Deng, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The brain drain has robbed the country of its most important asset: its youthful smarts.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 11 May 2021
  • That is helping to slow the brain drain in which many of Portugal’s best and brightest headed abroad during the worst of the crisis.
    — Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Has the status of Alabama’s problem with brain drain changed?
    — Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Others say the brain drain could be the shock to the system the island needs to devise a long-term economic strategy.
    — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nearly 1 million young Russians have fled the country, a brain drain that will weigh on the country’s future growth.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The spectre of brain drain raised at the start of the show is recalled in its final canvas, which gives the exhibition its title.
    — Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2022
  • China is facing a brain drain, and the United States isn’t taking advantage of it.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This has led to a brain drain that cost Italy hundreds of billions and prompted an even greater lack of innovation and new ideas.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 June 2023
  • This flow of scientists to neighboring countries has given rise to fears of a brain drain.
    — Ina Ganguli, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
  • In the case of Russia, however, a rapid brain drain would be a zero-sum body blow for a variety of reasons.
    — Alex Salkever, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Officials also believe the scholarship has helped stem a brain drain from the state.
    — The Hechinger Report, NOLA.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a brain drain happening across every government across the world.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024

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