as in flow
a flowing or going out
over the last year the state experienced an unprecedented brain drain as the outflow of highly educated professionals exceeded the inflow
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Recent Examples of outflow
The forecast pointed to intense storm activity, with outflows strong enough to create a towering haboob that could blanket the city.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Amid worries over capital outflow and data security, authorities in mainland China asked Futu and its competitor Up Fintech Holding to stop taking new onshore app users.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The crypto groups pushed back on these arguments, citing a recent analysis that found stablecoin adoption had no significant impact on deposit outflows.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
To manage the massive outflow of her money from selling Epic shares, Faulkner set up a trust to govern the stock sell-back process in order to not destabilize the company.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Amid worries over capital outflow and data security, authorities in mainland China asked Futu and its competitor Up Fintech Holding to stop taking new onshore app users.
—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The crypto groups pushed back on these arguments, citing a recent analysis that found stablecoin adoption had no significant impact on deposit outflows.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
To manage the massive outflow of her money from selling Epic shares, Faulkner set up a trust to govern the stock sell-back process in order to not destabilize the company.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflow
Noun
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Room for two, a supple ride, a gorgeous view over a curved hood, perfect flow of air up and over the windshield and cockpit with virtually no backsplash to disrupt pleasant conversation, and the ability at any time to experience a rush of power and speed when the moment calls.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The experience has also underscored the importance of social media in Nepal, as well as the consequences of government attempts to control the flow of online information.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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But the organization had to recalibrate after DeWanna Bonner’s exodus and Caitlin Clark’s scratched sophomore year.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Here is a table of the corporate exodus from California since 2024, according to The California Book of Exoduses from California Policy Center.—
Tina Chen,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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