as in exodus
a flowing or going out
an outpouring of affection and support for the high school athlete in need of an organ transplant the soccer team's trip to Italy was funded by an outpouring of cash donations from the public
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Recent Examples of outpouring
Matt Minton,
Variety,
17 June 2026
His fears about losing followers after revealing his identity were quickly quieted by an outpouring of support.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
Oliver Tree's death also prompted an outpouring of support for the late musician.
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Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
The 35-year-old striker blanked at the three previous tournaments so the outpouring of emotion was understandable.
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Duncan Alexander,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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Noun
There’s been such an outpouring of people online, from film critics to awards pundits, shouting out your performance.
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Matt Minton,
Variety,
17 June 2026
His fears about losing followers after revealing his identity were quickly quieted by an outpouring of support.
—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 June 2026
Oliver Tree's death also prompted an outpouring of support for the late musician.
—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
The 35-year-old striker blanked at the three previous tournaments so the outpouring of emotion was understandable.
—
Duncan Alexander,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpouring
Noun
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With the end of the month fast approaching, the migrant exodus has continued as fear of further mob attacks spreads through poor neighborhoods and informal settlements.
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Losing the young pitchers is a blow, but without the backing to match the name, image and licensing offers of some ACC and SEC teams, this sort of exodus is just inevitable.
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The critic reviews of Supergirl didn’t wind up in the same galaxy as the overwhelming majority of the gushing first reaction crowd.
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In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
Noun
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He Tingbo has explained the logic through the example of Dujiangyan, the ancient irrigation system in Sichuan that solved a water-distribution problem by redirecting flow rather than overpowering it.
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Changes can be large enough to make a well flow at land surface, or to cause a well to go dry near an earthquake.
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According to the department, adults nearby extinguished the flames by pouring water on the children until paramedics arrived.
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This includes pouring over hundreds of pages of documents and conducting on-site visits to see the situation on the ground.
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Former Kansas guard Kevin McCullar wore goggles in the New York Knicks locker room to protect his eyes from stinging during a champagne-spraying celebration after NY’s 94-90 NBA title-clinching victory over San Antonio on June 13 in Texas.
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In other words, the claim that spraying on a fragrance will trigger attraction in another person is not supported by hard evidence.
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The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder has shot up draft boards after notching 84 points (29 goals and 55 assists) in 67 games for OHL Brantford, then erupting for another 26 (13 goals and 13 assists) in 15 playoff games.
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Their journey to the World Cup has been uniquely fraught, with a war erupting between the host of their matches and their home country.
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Warehouses soon moved in to the area and have been spewing gases into the adjacent neighborhoods ever since.
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But the biggest beef to be had is in Sarnoski’s insistence to bludgeon us with pulverizing violence, which grows tiresome and repetitive in the carnage-spewing initial 30 minutes.
Verb
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Camera footage recorded June 18 showed the pool occasionally spouting water 20 to 30 feet into the air before returning to an active boil.
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Camera observations taken on June 18 showed intermittent episodes of spouting within the pool.
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“Outpouring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpouring. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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