out·flow | \ ˈau̇t-ˌflō 
, ˌau̇t-ˈflō \
, ˌau̇t-ˈflō \outflowed; outflowing; outflows
Definition of outflow
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to flow out
outflow
nounout·flow | \ ˈau̇t-ˌflō \
\Definition of outflow (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : a flowing out
the outflow of dollars
2 : something that flows out
outflow of a sewage treatment plant
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Examples of outflow in a Sentence
Noun
We joined the outflow of fans from the stadium after the game.
The vents provide improved outflow of air.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Both of the new creations — Standard Life Aberdeen Plc and Janus Henderson Group Plc — have suffered big customer outflows in the quarters following their transformations.
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Washington Post, "Asset Management Is in Trouble If This Is Its Proposed Salvation," 29 Nov. 2019 The audit found that a massive exfiltration of data from Mr. Bezos’ device began hours after receiving the encrypted video file from Prince Mohammed, with the amount of outflowing data surging by nearly 30,000% and continuing for months.
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Justin Scheck, WSJ, "U.N. Suggests Bezos’ Phone Was Hacked Using Saudi Crown Prince’s Account," 23 Jan. 2020 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.
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Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, "Arizona's biggest weather stories of the past 10 years: Heat, floods and dust storms," 30 Dec. 2019 In a dry month, outflows through the canal can reduce the lake’s level by 80cm.
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The Economist, "Climate change threatens the Panama Canal," 19 Sep. 2019 Regulators appear more confident that years of regulatory measures will keep hot money outflows manageable.
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John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "China Has a Big Currency Decision to Make," 21 May 2019 However, the hydrogen and helium gas on WASP-121b is outflowing, akin to a river, dragging the metals with them, Sing continued.
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Fox News, "NASA discovers 'extreme' alien planet that's shaped like a football," 2 Aug. 2019 But there are concerns that in a stressed market, outflows from ETFs might make a bad situation worse.
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The Economist, "Why everybody is concerned about corporate-bond liquidity," 11 July 2019 Heavy rains routinely overload Baltimore’s aged sewer system, sending human waste out of manholes and outflows that pour directly into the Jones Falls.
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Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "Weekend rain washes 10 million gallons of sewage-contaminated water into Baltimore's Jones Falls," 30 May 2018 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Government figures show a net outflow of around 120,000 people since the explosion.
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Washington Post, "Six portraits from a year defined by loss," 30 Dec. 2020 Before Sunday, Portland hadn’t had a widespread sewage outflow since April 2018.
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Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, "Stay out of the water: Weekend downpour triggers Portland sewage overflow into the Willamette," 20 Dec. 2020 Texas, Del Conte and Herman could very well be at this same spot in a year or less, given the talent outflow at Texas.
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Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, "Texas AD Chris Del Conte is a great salesman, but his pitch for keeping Tom Herman was confusing," 13 Dec. 2020 That new material hit the initial disk, which essentially sliced it in two, redirecting all that ejected matter in a bipolar outflow.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "When stars collide: Solving the 16-year mystery of the Blue Ring Nebula," 18 Nov. 2020 The bureau said the ongoing outflow Sunday contains 80% stormwater and 20% sewage.
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Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, "Stay out of the water: Weekend downpour triggers Portland sewage overflow into the Willamette," 20 Dec. 2020 The pressure on ERs has been as much about outflow as inflow, due to the struggle to find open intensive care beds for patients with severe COVID-19 or other illnesses or injuries requiring critical hospital care.
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Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, "At Minnesota hospitals, ER 'boarding' a COVID-19 consequence," 5 Dec. 2020 Trout are prevented from escaping by a mesh screen over the outflow.
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Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, "Spring River country," 29 Nov. 2020 Thrust vector controls allow the pilot to direct the outflow of thrust from the engines independent of the direction the aircraft itself is pointed.
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Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, "Su-57 Vs. J-20: What the Competition Tells Us About America's New Fighter," 6 Dec. 2020
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outflow
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of outflow
: an outward flow or movement of something
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