influxes

noun

plural of influx
as in flows
a flowing or coming in a sudden influx of people into the exurbs

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Recent Examples of influxes But the study also found that huge influxes of money seldom led to a fundamental change in a winner’s mental state. — Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 By July 7, the competition will have shrunk to 16 teams, which is when host cities could see influxes of last-minute foreign arrivals. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted high-profile raids in Latino communities and, later, the state saw large influxes of migrants during the Biden administration. — Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 Several commercial outfits have recently announced big funding influxes aimed at speeding up the development and launch of new orbiting outposts. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026 The titans of the industry have started investing heavily in purchasing elections through massive influxes of cash. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Coyotes also manage urban deer populations — a critical ecosystem function because ballooning deer herds can decimate forests, stunt plant growth and contribute to invasive species influxes. — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influxes
  1. flows
  2. floods
  3. inflows
  4. fluxes
  5. incomes
Noun
  • About 20% of the world's oil flows throw the strait, and Iran's ability to block the flow of tankers has roiled the global economy, sending oil prices soaring.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of flows
Noun
  • Officials said the warning systems built since last year’s catastrophic floods were activated in Kerr County in the early hours before water levels began to rise, allowing for people to react quickly to flooding threats.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Dangerous floods are hitting southcentral Texas — a region that just marked one year since more than 130 people died in catastrophic flooding.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • Spring rains, snow melt, a good summer tropical system; nature uses several methods of filling lakes and rivers, but such inflows always bring some level of mud.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • As traditional fundraising gets harder, the flood of money available in insurance — Athene had $83 billion of inflows last year, 57% of the money Apollo raised across all its strategies — is keeping deal machines humming.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of inflows
Noun
  • During this storm, some space weather forecasters reported temporary data dropouts, likely caused by intense proton fluxes degrading spacecraft measurements.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The satellite’s microwave radiometer can detect subtle variations in sea-surface salinity, which is critical for studying ocean circulation, freshwater fluxes, and climate patterns.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of fluxes
Noun
  • State mandates call for the coastal city to build 316 units for people with very low incomes — under roughly $88,000 a year for a family of four.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • The law primarily applies to rural and small towns along with affluent suburbs and is intended to boost the supply of housing available to people with below-average incomes.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
Definition of incomes

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