as in flows
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 outflows
Over the last week, Indonesia’s Finance Ministry has purchased roughly $113 million of government bonds each day to tame the bond market and limit capital outflows.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Chinese deeptech Winnie Wu, head of APAC equity strategy at BofA Global Research, said that, despite outflows from China into South Korea and Taiwan, the country is better positioned from a flow perspective.
—Michael Considine, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Past observations by Hubble and other observatories have picked up outflows of gas from NGC 1266, lending further support to this theory of why so few new stars are being born there.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Since December, when SpaceX confirmed its intentions for a 2026 IPO, the stock has seen net retail inflows of about $1 million according to data compiled by Vanda research through May 18, with roughly equal days of inflows and outflows, according to data through May 13.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
India is weathering global financial pressures better than headline data suggest, with worries over foreign outflows overstated, according to S&P Global Ratings.
—Pratigya Vajpayee, Bloomberg, 13 May 2026
Bankers told me that money outflows have not been out of the ordinary.
—Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
That could explain, in part, why counties like Arapahoe and Denver are seeing such large domestic outflows.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Among sectors, financials, oil and gas stocks have seen the highest foreign outflows since October, followed by consumer and auto stocks.
—Bharath Rajeswaran, Reuters, 19 Mar. 2025
William Pesek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Chinese deeptech Winnie Wu, head of APAC equity strategy at BofA Global Research, said that, despite outflows from China into South Korea and Taiwan, the country is better positioned from a flow perspective.
—Michael Considine, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Past observations by Hubble and other observatories have picked up outflows of gas from NGC 1266, lending further support to this theory of why so few new stars are being born there.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Since December, when SpaceX confirmed its intentions for a 2026 IPO, the stock has seen net retail inflows of about $1 million according to data compiled by Vanda research through May 18, with roughly equal days of inflows and outflows, according to data through May 13.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
India is weathering global financial pressures better than headline data suggest, with worries over foreign outflows overstated, according to S&P Global Ratings.
—Pratigya Vajpayee, Bloomberg, 13 May 2026
Bankers told me that money outflows have not been out of the ordinary.
—Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
That could explain, in part, why counties like Arapahoe and Denver are seeing such large domestic outflows.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Among sectors, financials, oil and gas stocks have seen the highest foreign outflows since October, followed by consumer and auto stocks.
—Bharath Rajeswaran, Reuters, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflows
Noun
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About 20% of the world's oil flows throw the strait, and Iran's ability to block the flow of tankers has roiled the global economy, sending oil prices soaring.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cities get quieter, the exoduses take place, and the publishing output slows to an almost complete halt.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Outflows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflows. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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