inflow

[ in-floh ]

/ ˈɪnˌfloʊ /

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noun

something that flows in; influx.

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Origin of inflow

First recorded in 1645–55; in-¹ + flow

Words nearby inflow

inflexible, inflict, infliction, in-flight, inflorescence, inflow, influence, influence peddler, influencer, influent, influential

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How to use inflow in a sentence

A few weeks later, though, on April 2, Luckin came clean, fessing up to $310 million in made-up money inflows—a large portion of its reported revenue for 2019.
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Alarmingly, this means 50 percent of small businesses would struggle beyond two weeks of disrupted cash inflows.
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Since Tesla’s credits and its customers’ deficits run in tandem, Tesla trades its CAFE and GHG credits on long-term contracts that produce more consistent, though in the past smaller, revenue than the inflow from lumpy ZEV sales.
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Net equity market inflows were 93 billion Rmb for the same period, taking foreign holdings to more than 1 trillion Rmb.
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We kitted up and passed through a special set of double doors designed to reduce the inflow of contaminant-filled air from outside.
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If the pools lose their inflow of circulating cooling water, the water in the pools will evaporate.
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Iraq is now beginning to see an inflow of investment capital that is likely to grow.
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Exercises to strengthen muscles, promote complete expansion, regulate inflow and outflow of air, etc.
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With that cool, fragrant inflow of air they breathed freely.
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The cablegrams came first—bundles of them from every corner of the world—then the letters, a steady inflow.
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The train at this point goes upon a monster ferry that carries it over the swift inflow of the Sacramento river.
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It depended for its very life on a steady inflow of food from outside sources.
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British Dictionary definitions for inflow

inflow

/ (ˈɪnˌfləʊ) /

noun

something, such as a liquid or gas, that flows in

the amount or rate of flowing in

Also called: inflowing the act of flowing in; influx

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