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
Reef Check Foundation and Ecologia, Cielo, Mar y Tierra received $100,000 to assess the health of kelp forests in San Diego and Tijuana as vital natural defenses against climate change and ocean conditions around the water treatment outflows.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Why these outflows were so delayed following the TDE remains a mystery.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
At the base, more workers sweep the outflow with metal detectors.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
In addition to the Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 upheaval, Yokum said, Comerica saw a significant outflow of deposits as competing financial institutions offered higher rates to savers once interest rates began climbing.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Why these outflows were so delayed following the TDE remains a mystery.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
At the base, more workers sweep the outflow with metal detectors.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
In addition to the Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 upheaval, Yokum said, Comerica saw a significant outflow of deposits as competing financial institutions offered higher rates to savers once interest rates began climbing.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflow
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Now, Tapachula is experiencing a reverse migration, as the United States sends planeload after planeload of deportees to the southern part of Mexico while the flow of migrants headed north has dried up.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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While high-risk inmates have been isolated in individual cells, the flow of information never truly stops, said Christino.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Business leaders say that such policies risk accelerating an exodus of companies, diminishing the city’s commercial tax base, and ultimately affecting services and jobs essential to millions of New Yorkers.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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For enslaved people, the Revolution was a fierce campaign to stage the largest exodus out of bondage since biblical times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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