How to Use outflow in a Sentence

outflow

1 of 2 verb
  • In a dry month, outflows through the canal can reduce the lake’s level by 80cm.
    The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Winds stirred from monsoon storm outflows late Monday had pushed the fire further south.
    Chris Coppola, azcentral, 5 Aug. 2019
  • And that doesn't account for the currents and outflowing tides that impeded him.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 23 June 2017
  • But there are concerns that in a stressed market, outflows from ETFs might make a bad situation worse.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The results will give investors insight into the extent of the damage after sharp deposit outflows at the troubled bank.
    Gina Heeb, wsj.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • This lets the structure breathe, and exchanges heat between incoming and outflowing air.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2018
  • Storms in eastern and southern Arizona began to die out and outflow winds from those decaying storms collided and pushed up massive walls of dust in the desert south of Phoenix.
    Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The dam outflows below Wheeler and Wilson dams continue to produce some lunker smallmouths, with a fish over 8 pounds reported last week along with lots in the 4 to 5 pound class.
    Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • These strange and gentle sea mammals are attracted to the lagoon because of warm-water outflows from the Florida Power & Light plant.
    Beth Harpaz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And the department has seen signs that deposit outflows from small and midsized lenders have slowed, according to a senior Treasury official.
    Mark Thompson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Those concerns were renewed last week when First Republic Bank shares plunged after the bank reported seeing $100 billion of deposit outflows during the first quarter.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • The bank faced a torrent of deposit outflows on Friday, but the situation had stabilized by Sunday, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter.
    Max Reyes Bloomberg News (tns), al, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Heavy rains routinely overload Baltimore’s aged sewer system, sending human waste out of manholes and outflows that pour directly into the Jones Falls.
    Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
  • The goal is to allow banks to cover deposit outflows without having to absorb loss on depreciated securities, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Deposit outflows at troubled institutions, and the emergency responses of regulators in the US and elsewhere, created deep uncertainty as to which direction the central bank would go with its decision on interest rates.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Several other weekend developments helped calm investors, as reports emerged indicating the pace of deposit outflows from smaller banks slowed and federal regulators mulled an extension of a lending backstop designed to aid First Republic.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Regulators appear more confident that years of regulatory measures will keep hot money outflows manageable.
    John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 21 May 2019
  • In a dry month, outflows through the canal can reduce the lake’s level by 80cm.
    The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Winds stirred from monsoon storm outflows late Monday had pushed the fire further south.
    Chris Coppola, azcentral, 5 Aug. 2019
  • And that doesn't account for the currents and outflowing tides that impeded him.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 23 June 2017
  • But there are concerns that in a stressed market, outflows from ETFs might make a bad situation worse.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The results will give investors insight into the extent of the damage after sharp deposit outflows at the troubled bank.
    Gina Heeb, wsj.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • This lets the structure breathe, and exchanges heat between incoming and outflowing air.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2018
  • Storms in eastern and southern Arizona began to die out and outflow winds from those decaying storms collided and pushed up massive walls of dust in the desert south of Phoenix.
    Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 30 Dec. 2019
  • The dam outflows below Wheeler and Wilson dams continue to produce some lunker smallmouths, with a fish over 8 pounds reported last week along with lots in the 4 to 5 pound class.
    Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • These strange and gentle sea mammals are attracted to the lagoon because of warm-water outflows from the Florida Power & Light plant.
    Beth Harpaz, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And the department has seen signs that deposit outflows from small and midsized lenders have slowed, according to a senior Treasury official.
    Mark Thompson, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Those concerns were renewed last week when First Republic Bank shares plunged after the bank reported seeing $100 billion of deposit outflows during the first quarter.
    Krystal Hur, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • The bank faced a torrent of deposit outflows on Friday, but the situation had stabilized by Sunday, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter.
    Max Reyes Bloomberg News (tns), al, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Heavy rains routinely overload Baltimore’s aged sewer system, sending human waste out of manholes and outflows that pour directly into the Jones Falls.
    Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2018
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outflow

2 of 2 noun
  • We joined the outflow of fans from the stadium after the game.
  • The vents provide improved outflow of air.
  • PacWest saw a sharp outflow of deposits in the first quarter.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 26 July 2023
  • Kavala sits on the Thracian Sea, a region nourished by three large rivers and the outflow of the Black Sea.
    Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But the mass outflow left many broken households in its wake.
    Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • Such funds are on track for annual outflows for the first time since 2020.
    WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the outflow of people and money seems to be growing.
    Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 21 July 2022
  • Icebergs would break away, but the ice was replaced by new outflow.
    Ted Scambos, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
  • Local surfers paddled out knowing where the plant’s outflow would warm up the waves.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Above the threshold, the driving force decreases faster than the outflow.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That’s the largest amount since the Bank of England started tracking monthly outflows in 1997.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • The team is not sure why the emission, known as outflow, was delayed by several years.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The idea is that the reservoir will capture at least some of Okeechobee’s toxic outflows instead of sending them to the coasts.
    New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • The net outflow from seven of the top 10 metros was smaller in the fourth quarter than a year earlier.
    Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • San Diego had one of the largest outflows — 2,100 users — which measured the number of home searches from the metro minus the number looking to move here.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Below that threshold, the driving force and liquid outflow are balanced, so the flow is smooth.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Consider the outflow as a share of the state’s population.
    Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Populations no longer can count on enough new babies to counter the steady outflow of young adults.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Yet the move did not appear to be enough to stem an outflow of deposits, according to news reports.
    Jamey Keaten and Ken Sweet, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar. 2023
  • For any large expenses, spread out the outflow of cash over a longer period.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • The [first officer] said her headset was completely removed due to the rapid outflow of air from the flight deck.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Before the last two weeks, equity ETFs hadn't seen a weekly net outflow since June.
    Jack Pitcher, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The outflow is also a lasting side effect from the pandemic.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Other black holes eat stars by feeding off a dense outflow of stellar wind.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 May 2022
  • Mayor Paul Deasy posted videos online of the outflow from the trench along with the sitting water on the street, stopped in front of houses by walls of sandbags.
    Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The net inflow of Grayscale has decreased significantly in the last few days, while the outflows have reached a record high of over $640 million.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The front edge of the air rush – known as an outflow boundary – will scoop up a lot of the dust and dirt on the barren landscape and carry it along, creating what amounts to a dust front.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 July 2022
  • As outflows continue, UBS appears to have trouble on its hands.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The outflow in August also corresponds with a period of rapid weakening of the yuan against the U.S. dollar.
    Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Both rating companies pointed to the risk of deposit outflows.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023

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