as in flows
a flowing or coming in
a sudden influx of people into the exurbs
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Recent Examples of influxes
Several commercial outfits have recently announced big funding influxes aimed at speeding up the development and launch of new orbiting outposts.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
The titans of the industry have started investing heavily in purchasing elections through massive influxes of cash.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Coyotes also manage urban deer populations — a critical ecosystem function because ballooning deer herds can decimate forests, stunt plant growth and contribute to invasive species influxes.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
Largely invisible at the time, especially compared with the vast Italian and Jewish migrations a century earlier, these influxes were ultimately just as transformative.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Upheavals, repression and economic turmoil under those leaders sometimes produced large influxes of new arrivals.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Many of the visitors interviewed by The Denver Post lived near ski resorts and national parks due to seasonal influxes in tourists and labor needs.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Those hedges are likely boosting foreign markets, which are smaller and more easily moved upward by influxes of new money.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
Large influxes of displaced people often destabilize a country’s domestic politics, fueling polarization and extremism.
—Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
The titans of the industry have started investing heavily in purchasing elections through massive influxes of cash.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Coyotes also manage urban deer populations — a critical ecosystem function because ballooning deer herds can decimate forests, stunt plant growth and contribute to invasive species influxes.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
Largely invisible at the time, especially compared with the vast Italian and Jewish migrations a century earlier, these influxes were ultimately just as transformative.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Upheavals, repression and economic turmoil under those leaders sometimes produced large influxes of new arrivals.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Many of the visitors interviewed by The Denver Post lived near ski resorts and national parks due to seasonal influxes in tourists and labor needs.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Those hedges are likely boosting foreign markets, which are smaller and more easily moved upward by influxes of new money.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
Large influxes of displaced people often destabilize a country’s domestic politics, fueling polarization and extremism.
—Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for influxes
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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
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Haiti’s recent catastrophic floods have only compounded the country’s overlapping crises.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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The camp plans to implement emergency training and drills for floods, fire and other disasters, but investigators found the lack of previous training was key in the deaths.—
Jim Vertuno,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Edun’s tenure has been marked by an aggressive push to overhaul sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest economy after two recessions within a decade, leading to an uptick in foreign direct investment inflows.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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For the past five years, the Belgravia Group chairman has invested mostly in Arizona, a state that’s seen inflows from places like Illinois and California.—
Bloomberg,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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During this storm, some space weather forecasters reported temporary data dropouts, likely caused by intense proton fluxes degrading spacecraft measurements.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The satellite’s microwave radiometer can detect subtle variations in sea-surface salinity, which is critical for studying ocean circulation, freshwater fluxes, and climate patterns.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year and a half, the Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica have investigated towing practices in Connecticut, revealing how state laws favored towing companies, particularly at the expense of people with low incomes.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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But with incomes below $3 a day, many can no longer afford pricier LPG cylinders and are reverting to stoves that burn firewood, or returning to villages where wood is easier to find.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Influxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/influxes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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