as in flow
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 outflow
The basalt siphons slowed the destruction, to an extent, but in February 2024, lava outflows disabled a network of pipes from the power station.
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Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, equity funds actually had slight net outflows during the same timeframe, according to Bank of America.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
As a result, total outflows for the nine months to September were reduced to just 25 tonnes.
—Royston Wild, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The government froze a similar effort in 2015 to prevent capital outflows after a spectacular stock market crash.
—Chan Ka Sing, Reuters, 26 Sep. 2024
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Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, equity funds actually had slight net outflows during the same timeframe, according to Bank of America.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
As a result, total outflows for the nine months to September were reduced to just 25 tonnes.
—Royston Wild, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The government froze a similar effort in 2015 to prevent capital outflows after a spectacular stock market crash.
—Chan Ka Sing, Reuters, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Outflow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflow. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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