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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The hospital also has to deal with an influx of people injured in the quake, like Yoktafiana Sinar whose house came down on top of her.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 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
Sky said the investment in Liverpool, part of an influx of American money into the Premier League, would reportedly value the 20-time English league champions at $6 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Moroccan government said it had nothing to do with the sudden mass influx of people into Ceuta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Pro-French sympathies were further heightened in July by the sudden influx of 2,100 French refugees, who were fleeing a fierce slave rebellion in Santo Domingo.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
It put their number at two million in 2025, due to influxes from Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
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
As the chief of the Del Rio division, Mr. Owens focused much of his time on preparing for and responding to these kinds of influxes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
For He accompanies it with the influences of His blessed Spirit, and each performance opens our minds for larger influxes of His grace, and places them in communion with Him.
From Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Mary W. Tileston
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