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.
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Father Mark Mannion said he's seen an influx of people coming into St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church since the news broke.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
We dug into the math to see whether, and by how much, the influx of Russian diesel could bring prices down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The sudden influx, during which scores of people died, sparked alarm across the European Union and triggered a political crisis in Madrid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Fell said that mobile companies were "working on a range of fronts" to tackle the influx of automated calls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Their argument had been carrying on for days, until the house was too preoccupied with the influx of new people into its rooms to pay attention.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Those disparate visions — along with crucial endorsements and influxes of cash — helped the pair define clear brands and constituencies going into the primary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
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
What if constant new influxes of divine blessedness, and constant new visions of God, keep in constant exercise that sense of wonder, which makes so great a part of the power of youth?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren
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