outflux
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Origin of outflux
Example Sentences
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In addition, the CO2 outflux remained relatively low for the entire duration of the ice age.
From Science Daily
But there was also an impressionistic adult novel, “Another Brooklyn,” in which a woman, unable to confront her mother’s death, recalls her childhood in the Bushwick of the 1970s, when the area was undergoing white flight instead of the more recent outflux of black and Latinx residents.
From New York Times
Although in many school districts the allocation does not change drastically from year-to-year, in some cases, such as a large influx or outflux of students, it can change significantly.
From US News
Arrmanatha Nasir, a spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Myanmar had also confirmed its willingness to support regional efforts to resolve the migrant issue, including tightening its borders “so there’s no outflux of migrants.”
From New York Times
"And that's why you see such an outflux also into Ethiopia and Somalia because people have just reached the point, which is the most scary point, where they no longer are able to cope with backup measures for survival," he said.
From BBC
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