inbound

adjective in·bound \ ˈin-ˌbau̇nd \

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Definition of inbound

: inward bound

inbound traffic

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Recent Examples of inbound from the Web

All lanes are reopen on the inbound North Freeway at West Road after a major crash caused delays this morning.

— samantha ketterer, Houston Chronicle, "Lanes reopen on inbound North Freeway at West Road," 5 June 2018
One trick to the overhaul of Route 495 will be maintaining the express bus lane, a contraflow lane that gives inbound buses exclusive access to one of the outbound lanes during the morning rush.

— patrick mcgeehan, New York Times, "For New Jersey Commuters, a Sequel to the ‘Summer of Hell’," 5 June 2018
Why this matters: AMD promised more Radeon-only brands were inbound in its public swipe at the GeForce Partner Program, and that still appears to be the case even though Nvidia abruptly ended GPP.

— brad chacos, PCWorld, "MSI's Mech 2 graphics cards give AMD another Radeon-exclusive brand," 16 May 2018
In recent months, the company has been focused on building out its ad sales staff to keep up with inbound advertiser interest, said Elias Rothblatt, the company’s chief operating officer.

— benjamin mullin, WSJ, "The Outline Raises $5.15 Million to Fuel Measured Growth," 2 May 2018
Federal officials at Prescott airport alerted police about the inbound Malibu Piper single engine prop aircraft around 9:12 p.m. on May 29.

— kelsey mo, azcentral, "Small aircraft low on fuel makes emergency landing on Iron Springs Road in Prescott," 30 May 2018
Tthe F-35 is made of carbon fiber composite, and Lockheed engineers baked RAM into the airplane's edges in an effort to soak up inbound radar.

— joe pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "The Showdown Between the F-35 and the Russian Weapons Built to Stop It Is Finally Here," 23 May 2018
Meanwhile, work continues on the Doan Brook Storage Tunnel Project, where one lane of inbound traffic on Martin Luther King Boulevard has been closed off at least since September.

— thomas jewell, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Heights council OKs $2.1 million contract on engineering for sewer decree," 9 May 2018
The inbound lane of Queens Road West and a single lane of Norton Road is expected to be blocked past 5 p.m. as crews remove the hazardous tree, but both lanes were expected to reopen later Friday evening.

— bruce henderson, charlotteobserver, "Tree falls on Queens Road West, expected to block traffic Friday evening," 9 Feb. 2018

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