as in exodus
a flowing or going out
the roadways around the new plant are being widened to handle the expected outpour of vehicles at the end of the day shift
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Recent Examples of outpour
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Watkins received an outpour of support from her fellow basketball stars, including Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, who both reacted to the USC star's injury.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Since the law was first presented in congress two weeks ago, there has been outpouring against it.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
Verb
It’s become a little lost in the ongoing melodrama around Real Madrid: the Champions League humbling, the emotional outpour from late victories, and the uncertainty over Carlo Ancelotti’s future as head coach.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Watkins received an outpour of support from her fellow basketball stars, including Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, who both reacted to the USC star's injury.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpour
Noun
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But the organization had to recalibrate after DeWanna Bonner’s exodus and Caitlin Clark’s scratched sophomore year.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Here is a table of the corporate exodus from California since 2024, according to The California Book of Exoduses from California Policy Center.—
Tina Chen,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In its early releases, Porsche has not defined the point where the electric motors hand off to the flow of hot exhaust gases, but the results are maximum torque all the way to 6000 rpm.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Skip the Glencairn and pour it into a wine glass.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Immediately pour mixture into a medium heatproof bowl.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and co‑founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, prompting an outpouring of reactions from celebrities and public figures across the political spectrum.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Oracle’s First Quarter 2026 Performance And Prospects Oracle’s results for the quarter fell flat while the company’s growth forecast generated an outpouring of enthusiasm.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Leaving the liner hanging on the shower rod and curtain rings, spray the solution generously all over the shower curtain liner.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Villareal personally sprayed 158 helmets, sometimes spending upward of 15 hours a day working to get the BSU gear ready on time.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the first time, a team of Japanese astronomers has captured clear images of jets and outflows from a young star forming in the far reaches of our Milky Way.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Any thunderstorm activity will be capable of producing heavy rain, dry lightning strikes (outside of the rain cores) and gusty outflow winds.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While other massive stars in the region may not yet be gushing quite so violently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile found another dense stellar core that could be in an earlier stage of construction, according to the researchers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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With a few locations across the city, OZO cafés are the type of place where baristas regularly gush about how much their rotating single-origin espresso tastes of strawberries or papaya.—
Alex Mayyasi,
Saveur,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Outpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpour. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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