inflow
Americannoun
noun
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something, such as a liquid or gas, that flows in
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the amount or rate of flowing in
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Also called: inflowing. the act of flowing in; influx
Etymology
Origin of inflow
Example Sentences
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Barron’s picked Idacorp stock on May 22, 2025, believing the utility serving some 650,000 retail customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon would benefit from population inflow and power-hungry artificial-intelligence data centers.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"The quality of the glass is quite poor when it comes to remanufacturing bottles, and businesses desperately need that inflow of material," he said.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
On Friday, they poured a net $152 million into Netflix, marking the largest daily inflow on record, according to data from Vanda Research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Some estimates put the inflow as high as $5 billion.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
The barrage regulated the inflow of salt water from the backwaters that opened into the Arabian Sea.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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