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Definition

arrival of many people or other things

Much more rarely (but sometimes seen in classic literature), influx can reference an inflow of water as when Washington Irving wrote: "The stream which they had followed throughout the preceding day was now swollen by the influx of another river".

They were overwhelmed by the influx of refugees.

We were surprised by the influx of orders for the new product.
We're hoping the new computer system will help us manage the influx of information.
And even the influx of officials, even the return of the doctor, vulgar and acute, could not shake her belief in the eternity of beauty.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Silas sank into his chair powerless, under the double presence of an inexplicable surprise and a hurrying influx of memories.
George Eliot -- Silas Marner
Similarly a good part of the Hills found itself swept away with the massive land deals and influx of investments during the 1970s and 1980s.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
And even the influx of officials, even the return of the doctor, vulgar and acute, could not shake her belief in the eternity of beauty.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Jormundur glanced out over the influx of warriors, then looked back at Eragon and Roran.
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.
Henry David Thoreau -- Walden
It is the month of vacations and the influx of tourists, and when the sun attains its full glory but not its greatest heat.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
Some Mexicans and Mexican Americans have jokingly dubbed the influx la reconquista — the reconquest of lands once held by Mexico.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
Villages, towns, whole cities could be divided into "family" terrains, all profiting from the influx of Western capital and technology.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
Coltan, along with gold and diamonds and the influx of armies and militias from Rwanda and Burundi, had provided some of the fuel for the Congo's wars.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
The sun is gone and the sky is influx.
Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
They had gotten separated as a new influx of marchers came up the stone steps.
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
Again, in 1830, there was a larger influx.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
Native San Franciscans, possessive of the city, had to cope with an influx, not of awed respectful tourists but of raucous unsophisticated provincials.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
During the early part of Willemse's tenure, in 1971-2, there was a steady influx of captured MK soldiers.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
Silas sank into his chair powerless, under the double presence of an inexplicable surprise and a hurrying influx of memories.
George Eliot -- Silas Marner
The King's coming here will mean an influx of money into this country.
James Joyce -- Dubliners

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