inbound

adjective

in·​bound ˈin-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce inbound (audio)
: inward bound
inbound traffic

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Data shows that on Jan. 6, the first Monday of the new pricing setup, inbound commutes via the Holland Tunnel that would normally have taken 19 minutes at 8 a.m. were cut down to 11 minutes, and a drive through the Lincoln Tunnel that used to take nine minutes took just five minutes. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, located a few miles south of Washington, D.C., had the most number of inbound and outbound cancellations as of the morning of Jan. 6, the data shows. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025 Ticket demand for travel from mainland China to parts of Europe is up by about 50% from a year ago, while inbound demand has tripled, with travelers coming both from nearby Japan and the distant U.S., Trip.com said in a forecast Tuesday. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025 December is anticipated to eclipse the 2020 monthly record for inbound cargo volume into U.S. ports, at 2.14 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a 14.4 percent increase over the year prior, according to the Global Port Tracker from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for inbound 

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of inbound was in 1894

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“Inbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inbound. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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inbound

adjective
in·​bound ˈin-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce inbound (audio)
: inward bound
inbound traffic
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