inbound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of inbound
Example Sentences
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The only thing that saved me was a rule I had: Never respond to inbound calls or emails.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
And inbound U.S. tourism, Lynch noted, had “slowed substantially.”
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Japan's aviation industry is wrestling with a labour crunch brought on by an increase in inbound tourism and a declining working-age population, said JAL, which employs some 4,000 ground handling staff.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
On April 7, the day before the cease-fire was announced, 11 vessels transited the strait—four inbound and seven outbound—down from more than 100 a day before the war, according to Windward, a maritime AI company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
We’d wanted the inbound train, going toward Harvard Square and Boston, but had gotten on an outbound train instead.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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