inbound

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In California the trend is more outbound than inbound, and that also applies in revenue.

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  1. adjective Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic.
  2. transitive verb To put (the ball) into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court.
  3. intransitive verb To execute an inbounds pass.

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  • Never takes a turn minding his precious reactor unless newbies are inbound, then breaks his own rules and won't take a partner, not that there are volunteers. —  AnalogSFF,April2008
  • "Once we are a minute inbound, all the talking and all the chatter stops," he said. —  Latest Articles
  • The shift from shouting to collaboration and interactive marketing requires marketers to establish a centralized decision-making capability that facilitates dialogue across outbound and inbound, and online and offline marketing channels. —  BeyeNETWORK Content
  • Om Malik reports how poorly his "high speed" connection works for backup over the Net: approximately 90Kbps on the outbound, even though the inbound is around 9Mbps — the claimed speed for Covad's ADSLs+ connection was "up to 15Mbps". —  Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
  • "Emergency inbound," one controller said as he tried to arrange a landing.
 

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/ˈɪnbaʊnd/
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