as in influx
a flowing or coming in
this affluence of new students is straining an already crowded school system
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Recent Examples of affluence
The wealthiest suburbs of America's biggest cities New York’s wealthiest suburb is Scarsdale, a name long linked to affluence.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Flush with post-War affluence and influence, the United States vied with Russia for dominance in the Space Race.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
Prices on the entry-level models have dropped significantly, to the point where robot vacuums are now an accessible household tool instead of a statement of bougie affluence or a potential cat car.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 19 July 2025
Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Flush with post-War affluence and influence, the United States vied with Russia for dominance in the Space Race.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
Prices on the entry-level models have dropped significantly, to the point where robot vacuums are now an accessible household tool instead of a statement of bougie affluence or a potential cat car.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 19 July 2025
Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affluence
influx
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Using imagery, the lab was able to identify that about one-fourth of the locations have been expanded since Russia began its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, presumably to meet the influx.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Affluence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affluence. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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