inflows

Definition of inflowsnext
plural of inflow
as in influxes
a flowing or coming in the inflow of new students every September means that there will always be new blood for student organizations

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Recent Examples of inflows Bank of America found earlier this month that net inflows into the sector as a percentage of market cap were at an all-time high. Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026 First, Dubai’s record year capped a powerful multi-year run of wealth inflows and super-prime new-build delivery. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026 Analysts have offered a range of explanations for the slump, from fading inflows to deteriorating liquidity and a broader loss of macro appeal. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 While growth may be more modest than in Asia, structural reforms, trade agreements (including new EU–India tariff reductions), and inflows from global investors reinforce the idea that European equities deserve a role in diversified portfolios. Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Reduced inflows rather than mass selling are the real risk. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026 If the president really wants to eliminate the trade deficit, his best option is to rein in the federal budget deficit, which would naturally reduce capital inflows by raising domestic savings. Tarek Alexander Hassan, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
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influxes
Noun
  • Largely invisible at the time, especially compared with the vast Italian and Jewish migrations a century earlier, these influxes were ultimately just as transformative.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Upheavals, repression and economic turmoil under those leaders sometimes produced large influxes of new arrivals.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026

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“Inflows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflows. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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