as in flows
a flowing or coming in
a sudden influx of people into the exurbs
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Recent Examples of influxes
During 2021-23, when there were record influxes of immigrants, the United States also had record low unemployment.
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
There’s a sense in the industry that the chart rankings are swayed by sudden influxes of subscribers rather than total audience.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Other Rust Belt cities such as Cleveland, Newark, Chicago and Pittsburgh also reported increases, as influxes of buyers drive up prices despite their historic affordability.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
There’s a sense in the industry that the chart rankings are swayed by sudden influxes of subscribers rather than total audience.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Other Rust Belt cities such as Cleveland, Newark, Chicago and Pittsburgh also reported increases, as influxes of buyers drive up prices despite their historic affordability.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influxes
Noun
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At a hearing in late July, the Texas House and Senate Committees heard that 137 people had died as a result of the floods, with two people still missing.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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After spending months in a FEMA trailer following devastating floods last winter, Caudill moved into a low-income apartment in a hollow outside of town with his partner, Cassie Collins, 31, a waitress who is recovering from substance abuse.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Krishan Gopaul, senior EMEA analyst at the World Gold Council, told CNBC in a call on Tuesday that macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty was fueling huge inflows into gold ETFs, while central banks were continuing to shore up their gold reserves — both of which were keeping prices elevated.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Just as a Ponzi scheme collapses without sufficient cash inflows from new investors, Ponzi finance collapses without sufficient price appreciation for the asset being financed.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Yale Budget Lab found 37% of workers earning tips had incomes low enough to exempt them from paying federal income tax in 2022, meaning the tax deduction would not even be relevant.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Then the credit needs to be shifted toward a more direct program of deductions for developers who include rent restricted housing in their projects that serve people with higher incomes and to households that struggle to meet housing costs every month.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Influxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influxes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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