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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• 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
• What’s next More work needs to be done in establishing what innovative approaches Honduras could adopt to retain talented young adults and foster local development amid a brain drain that is depleting the country of human capital.
  — Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
• The church also envisions the space hosting youth programming like computer skills training, recreational activities, and tutoring which can prevent summer brain drain.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024