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
Isolated hot pockets may be tested if thunderstorm outflow winds present themselves.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025
The view is rare because jets of gas emitted by protostars, known as outflow, often block the view of the disk, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 July 2025
Meli looks at the way new regulations have both constrained how much risk financial institutions can take as well as defined how much firms hold, no matter how risky that holding—and institutions have had to maintain a tolerable amount of liquid assets to cover deposit outflows.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The company also reported some outflows from an institutional client, though BlackRock still saw net inflows in Q2.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025
The view is rare because jets of gas emitted by protostars, known as outflow, often block the view of the disk, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 July 2025
Meli looks at the way new regulations have both constrained how much risk financial institutions can take as well as defined how much firms hold, no matter how risky that holding—and institutions have had to maintain a tolerable amount of liquid assets to cover deposit outflows.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The company also reported some outflows from an institutional client, though BlackRock still saw net inflows in Q2.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflow
Noun
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For decades, biologists understood the flow of genetic information through a simple framework: DNA produces RNA, which in turn makes proteins, leading to observable traits and disease.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Go with the flow, but not toward the beach: Trying to swim directly toward the beach when caught in a rip current is futile and exhausting.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In recent years, the agency has suffered an exodus of experienced firefighters.—
Abe Streep,
ProPublica,
14 Aug. 2025
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Funding cuts would throw this pipeline into disarray and cause an exodus of experienced workers, Hendrix says.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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