as in exodus
a flowing or going out
the roadways around the new plant are being widened to handle the expected outpour of vehicles at the end of the day shift
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Recent Examples of outpour
Shelby Ying Hyde, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
The outpour of support for Mangione, including the online thirst traps of the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, has disturbed most people.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Noun
But in the days following the first fire, there was an outpour of support from fashion and beauty brands based in Los Angeles and beyond.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
The outpour of support for Mangione, including the online thirst traps of the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, has disturbed most people.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
Since the law was first presented in congress two weeks ago, there has been outpouring against it.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpour
Noun
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While the number of prosecutors working in the office has declined only slightly, there has been a mass exodus of veteran litigators, contributing to the large gap in leadership.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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With the launch of Russia’s invasion, a mass exodus of Ukrainians swept across Europe and into the western regions of the country in early 2022.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The beauty of this device is its hard-working design, which disperses any essential oil of your choosing through the air while spurting a continuous mist of moisturizing vapor in the air.—
Sarah Madaus,
Allure,
13 Jan. 2025
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Third quarter spurt, but Sixers respond The Kings moved to a zone defense early in the third quarter that seemed to flummox Philadelphia.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the beginning of his second term, President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods in a push to help stem the flow of migrants and fentanyl across the borders.—
Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2025
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Well, that's the same thing that's happening with the migrant flow.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The cement truck from Bakersfield arrived around 8:30 P.M. By ten-thirty, the men were pouring cement again, gluing the enormous metal straw in place.—
Brent Crane,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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However, an Academy source poured ice cold water on Harris showing, up.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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When conflict in Ukraine sharply escalated three years ago this week, there was an immediate outpouring of support from donors.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The timing of Young’s Ukrainian show announcement seems rather pertinent given the outpouring of global support received by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (Feb. 28).—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Although relatively few minor planets have been explored by spacecraft, a high fraction of them have proved to be anything but boring, some having accompanying moons, others adopting unusual shapes and some spraying jets of debris.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Don’t spray and pray with cold emails, hoping someone bites.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The outflow of young families from NYC is devastating our economy.—
Shahana Hanif,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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This sustained outflow is naturally putting pressure on Bitcoin’s price, signaling that investors are no longer pouring in funds at the same pace as before.—
Vinamrata Chaturvedi,
Quartz,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Earlier this month, Grande gushed over her boyfriend while speaking to their mutual friend Sean Hayes during the Feb. 3 episode of the SmartLess podcast.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Or any of the many, many times that Kelce has gushed about his girlfriend on this very podcast?—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Outpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpour. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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