as in exodus
a flowing or going out
the roadways around the new plant are being widened to handle the expected outpour of vehicles at the end of the day shift
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Recent Examples of outpour
Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
August 21, 2025 There was an overwhelming outpour of displeasure across social media directed toward Counsell and his decision to sit both Caissie and Shaw.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Noun
The magnitude of the loss was felt across the music industry with a digital outpour of love from the likes of Jamie Foxx, Tyler, The Creator, H.E.R., Maxwell, Jill Scott, Doja Cat, and more.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
August 21, 2025 There was an overwhelming outpour of displeasure across social media directed toward Counsell and his decision to sit both Caissie and Shaw.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
Since the law was first presented in congress two weeks ago, there has been outpouring against it.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpour
Noun
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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
Verb
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Once opened, check for foul odors, cloudiness, or spurting liquid when opening.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
7 Dec. 2025
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Strobe lights, spinning grenades, and spurting blood accompany the unts-unts-unts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Across the world, reaction has poured in from those on all sides of the political spectrum, both praising the capture and criticizing it.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Teigen, 40, posted a video of the whole family in waterpoor, hooded cover-ups while blue slime was poured all over them.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The people of Uxbridge and the outpouring that's happened has been absolutely amazing.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the weeks following the viral incident, Hazie’s saw an outpouring of public support.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Then, spray the outside of your oven door with a cleaner or use soapy water to wipe it down.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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Researchers are also studying ways to cool the most endangered parts of the reef, like spraying salt water into clouds to deflect sunlight.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Strong inflows from Asia more than offset outflows in the Americas, where UBS this week applied for a US banking license.—
Reuters 18 hr ago,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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That outflow emerges at a layer called the tropopause, which marks the boundary between the troposphere (where Earth’s weather happens) and the overlying stratosphere.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2022, Moore gushed to InStyle about being part of Duff's mom group.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Fellow mom Kylie Jenner gushed in the comments.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Outpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpour. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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