as in influx
a flowing or coming in the inflow of new students every September means that there will always be new blood for student organizations

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Recent Examples of inflow Last week saw the biggest weekly inflow into European stocks in over two years, according to analysts at Citigroup. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 The grant program helps investigate sanitary sewer service lines and will provide cost assistance to make the necessary improvements to reduce inflow and infiltration on private property. Helena Gunderson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Maryland has made great strides in restoring underwater grasses in the Upper Bay, but inflows of raw sewage have to be hampering that progress. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025 Among the top 20 states realizing the greatest net flow of funds, calculated as federal contributions to states (inflows) less federal tax receipts from states (outflows), 14 were red states, while 13 of the bottom 20 states are blue states. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inflow

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“Inflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflow. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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