How to Use inflow in a Sentence

inflow

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  • The vents provide improved inflow of air.
  • The campaign has seen a massive inflow of funds in recent months.
  • With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • But the inflow of migrants has slowed and many have started to leave.
    — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
  • That was the highest three-day inflow since the trading link’s launch in 2014.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • The pressure gauge at the main water inflow to the house is within the normal range.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Part of the rationale behind that move was that the large inflows of oil cash will soon be over.
    — Jonas O Bergman, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2018
  • This inflow of money has surged to a sizable portion of the nation’s GDP over the past decade.
    — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 26 July 2019
  • But the inflow has caused a rental housing crisis across the state, with too few homes being built.
    — Andrew Selsky, The Seattle Times, 2 May 2017
  • The goal is to have the inflow and outflow of water remain the same and for the aquifer level to remain constant.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • These inflows will form the reserve that will back the currency.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2019
  • The inflow of leaflets, news, dramas and movies have reshaped the views of many North Koreans.
    — Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • By Sunday morning, Reeves said the inflow and the outflow of the reservoir had equalized.
    — Fox News, 16 Feb. 2020
  • The main inflow is the Kagera River, which drains the highlands of Rwanda and Burundi.
    — Emily J. Beverly, Quartz Africa, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Heating of the land in spring and summer results in an inflow of air from the Arabian Sea.
    — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That brought net inflows for the past three calendar years to $142 billion.
    — Simon Constable, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2019
  • Now that the West is waking up to this game, the inflow of capital to China is slowing.
    — Michael Hochberg, National Review, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Often times, catfish can be found in creeks and at the mouth of creeks where rains have increased inflow and allowed food to wash in.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 16 May 2018
  • About 95 percent of its inflow comes via the Detroit River from the upper lakes.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
  • Even a common man is able to access inflow of funds through Mudra.
    — Time Staff, Time, 15 Aug. 2017
  • To be sure, the West has frozen Russia’s stock of foreign exchange, but hasn’t blocked the inflow of new dollars and euros.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
  • That mark's the highest daily net inflow in roughly three months.
    — WSJ, 1 June 2023
  • Just as a pond needs inflow from a stream to stay healthy, businesses need new thoughts and ideas in order to survive.
    — Janine Schindler, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • At the same time, the typical inflow of people coming for new jobs and college fell.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2021
  • The team concludes that inflows to the Great Salt Lake will need to increase 24% to 29% to maintain its health and stability.
    — Sarah Derouin, Science | AAAS, 3 Nov. 2017
  • While large inflows usually mean rising home prices, that’s not the case anymore in some of these cities.
    — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 11 June 2023
  • Last year, the amount of inflow into the reservoirs was the second lowest on record, just 32% of average.
    — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
  • Earth is no stranger to the inflow of space material, like pieces of comets and asteroids.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The goal was to press Mexico in particular to curb border inflows of fentanyl and migrants.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The Spot ETFs were the dominant driver of bitcoin’s price before the election – but, like much of the crypto’s recent momentum, saw record inflows postelection.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024

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