noun
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the arrival or entry of many people or things
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the act of flowing in; inflow
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the mouth of a stream or river
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Etymology
Origin of influx
1620–30; < New Latin or Medieval Latin influxus, verbal noun of Latin influere to flow in. See in- 2, flux
Explanation
If there is a forceful flowing inward or coming in, you can say there is an influx. Every fall, the college town sees an influx of students and the population jumps 30 percent. Although anything flowing inward can be called an influx, there are several things this word is commonly used to refer to: water, people, and cash. The dam burst, causing an influx of water to the already swollen river. You just managed to avoid the influx of people mobbing the store looking to be the first to buy the newest gaming system. Try to avoid a financial plan like this: once you win the lottery, you'll use the influx of cash to pay off debts.
Vocabulary lists containing influx
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San Francisco, in contrast, is seeing the gap narrow as the massive influx of investment and newcomers tied to the artificial intelligence boom has been ratcheting up rents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Our research suggests that this has contributed to the influx, alongside other factors such as misinformation about changes to Spanish immigration law and allegations about weak border controls.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Industry executives had expected vessel charter rates to slump this year due to a big influx of new ships entering service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Animal Services, said much of the increase was fueled by an influx of kittens into the system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They both helped Brown with the influx of messages, telegrams, and letters and with the outgoing medical bulletins.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
This has led to repeated influxes of wounded patients arriving at Tine hospital in Chad.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
In fact, more than a million arrived, and stayed, by the end of the decade - one of the biggest influxes of people in British history.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
Havilah joins the likes of Paradise and Greenville, small communities that saw influxes of prospectors, followed by population exodus and, more recently, devastation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
And staying overnight in the mountains is prohibitive, as upscale developments and influxes of out-of-towners have sent lodging and housing prices into the stratosphere.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
At such times, by such influxes, the whole inner kingdom of man is roused and illumined; and not only the intellect and all noble qualities are quickened, but the passions also.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
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