as in flow
a flowing or going out
over the last year the state experienced an unprecedented brain drain as the outflow of highly educated professionals exceeded the inflow
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Recent Examples of outflow
The crypto groups pushed back on these arguments, citing a recent analysis that found stablecoin adoption had no significant impact on deposit outflows.
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Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
To manage the massive outflow of her money from selling Epic shares, Faulkner set up a trust to govern the stock sell-back process in order to not destabilize the company.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, the Army Corps of Engineers altered the outflow from a lake in Ohio to raise the water level of a river where Vance would be boating.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
The outlet also reported that the USACE has modified outflows to accommodate public use — such as for emergency personnel training and community events — in the past.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
To manage the massive outflow of her money from selling Epic shares, Faulkner set up a trust to govern the stock sell-back process in order to not destabilize the company.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this month, the Army Corps of Engineers altered the outflow from a lake in Ohio to raise the water level of a river where Vance would be boating.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
The outlet also reported that the USACE has modified outflows to accommodate public use — such as for emergency personnel training and community events — in the past.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflow
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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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The new leadership moved swiftly to eliminate diversity and inclusion (DEI) programming and gender studies, launch an athletics program and aggressively recruit student athletes — changes that triggered an exodus of faculty, inflamed alumni and reshaped the college’s academic culture.—
Alice Herman,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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There has been a mass exodus at the agency, including the loss of its director, but others left in protest of Kennedy's leadership and his controversial views on vaccines.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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