as in influx
a flowing or coming in
a sudden inrush of air blew my hair back
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Recent Examples of inrush
Georgia’s huge inrush of clean energy projects had already begun before 2022, when then-President Joe Biden signed his signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
But the inrush of air is so violent that the sound produced can be extremely loud.
—Helen Czerski, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
The Pakistanis’ worry is not just a new inrush of refugees, but the risk of the Taliban advances emboldening anti-Pakistan groups to mount cross-border attacks.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2021
Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
But the inrush of air is so violent that the sound produced can be extremely loud.
—Helen Czerski, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
The Pakistanis’ worry is not just a new inrush of refugees, but the risk of the Taliban advances emboldening anti-Pakistan groups to mount cross-border attacks.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inrush
influx
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Using imagery, the lab was able to identify that about one-fourth of the locations have been expanded since Russia began its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, presumably to meet the influx.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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So while cells in a younger person (that were continuously exposed to estrogen prior to HRT) might benefit from a fresh influx of estrogen, ones that had a break from that estrogen bath might react negatively to it.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Inrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inrush. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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