as in flow
a flowing or coming in
a sudden influx of people into the exurbs
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Recent Examples of influx
The professor said the influx of student athletes has taken a toll on classroom culture and voiced support for any plan that would preserve the college’s academic programming.
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Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Your social life is getting an electric boost, revealing everything from unexpected news to a surprising influx of community affairs, compliments of Uranus.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For two weeks, Trump and members of his administration have threatened and declared that an influx of federal agents was set to arrive in Chicago.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
October kicks off the influx of migrating birds that start to make their winter home in Florida.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Alice Herman, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Your social life is getting an electric boost, revealing everything from unexpected news to a surprising influx of community affairs, compliments of Uranus.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For two weeks, Trump and members of his administration have threatened and declared that an influx of federal agents was set to arrive in Chicago.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
October kicks off the influx of migrating birds that start to make their winter home in Florida.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for influx
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In its early releases, Porsche has not defined the point where the electric motors hand off to the flow of hot exhaust gases, but the results are maximum torque all the way to 6000 rpm.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Among the schools was TCU, whose players and coaches also wore green ribbons on their lapels at Big 12 Media Days back in July, less than a week after the flood.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, 85 scientists released a 459-page rebuttal to the DOE report, highlighting a large body of scientific literature pointing to how climate change can exacerbate droughts, floods, crop failures, and other disasters.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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Krishan Gopaul, senior EMEA analyst at the World Gold Council, told CNBC in a call on Tuesday that macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty was fueling huge inflows into gold ETFs, while central banks were continuing to shore up their gold reserves — both of which were keeping prices elevated.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Just as a Ponzi scheme collapses without sufficient cash inflows from new investors, Ponzi finance collapses without sufficient price appreciation for the asset being financed.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Influx.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influx. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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