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 continent’s funds have seen steady inflows over the last 12 months, after years of outflows, as pessimism over Europe’s economy fades.
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semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Advocates argue that the approach would stabilize campuses serving rural communities and working-class students and help stem the outflow of Illinois high school graduates.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
However, outflows from these firms to China have fallen roughly 20% since 2024.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Manatee Season Central Florida from December through March When Florida waters start to cool in the winter, mammalian manatees make their way to warm refuges like freshwater springs and power plant outflows.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
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semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Advocates argue that the approach would stabilize campuses serving rural communities and working-class students and help stem the outflow of Illinois high school graduates.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
However, outflows from these firms to China have fallen roughly 20% since 2024.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Manatee Season Central Florida from December through March When Florida waters start to cool in the winter, mammalian manatees make their way to warm refuges like freshwater springs and power plant outflows.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflow
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Scholars such as the ethnomusicologist Michael Fuhr saw K-pop as a reversal of long-standing narratives, especially in pop music, that accentuated the flow of culture from West to East.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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State officials also raised a berm along a causeway separating the north and south arms of the lake to give them control over the flow of water and salt between the two.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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So as the secure and stable image Dubai spent so long cultivating crumbles, is a mass exodus imminent?—
Tamara Hardingham-Gill,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for entire neighborhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs, sparking pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of people joined a panicked exodus out towards Lebanon’s north.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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