influx

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At the point when the influx was at its highest, in 1930, seventeen percent of the Negroes in New York City were foreign born An unusually high percentage of these newcomers had held white-collar occupations--mostly young professionals with little hope of advancement in the static economy of the Islands.

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  1. noun A flowing in: an influx of foreign capital.
  2. noun A mass arrival or incoming: an influx of visitors to the city; large influxes of refugees.

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  • If it were not for the influx, the Watchitah would soon be empty Influx? —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • Yes, but people act like the influx is because of Proposition 215 or Measure G. West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee have all had their share of new commercial growers moving in to turn a profit in the last 25 years.
  • And nurses say the influx is at least partly due to children playing in the snow.
  • Examining the US birth rates, they are in fact bolstered by the huge Latin American influx of the last 20 years, which have brought a large population of new people to this country that are accustomed to having and raising large families. —  And Still I Persist
  • At the point when the influx was at its highest, in 1930, seventeen percent of the Negroes in New York City were foreign born An unusually high percentage of these newcomers had held white-collar occupations--mostly young professionals with little hope of advancement in the static economy of the Islands. —  The Black Experience in America
 

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  1. Late Latin īnflūxus, from Latin, past participle of īnfluere, to flow in; see influence.

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  1. = French influx = Spanish influjo = Portuguese influxo = Italian influsso, from Latin influxus, a flowing in, from influere, past participle influxus, flow in: see influent.
 

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