as in exodus
a flowing or going out
the roadways around the new plant are being widened to handle the expected outpour of vehicles at the end of the day shift
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Recent Examples of outpour
Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The newlyweds received an outpour of support, including a cute comment from their sister-in-law, Jesse Light, wife of Jesse Bongiovi.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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Noun
Schumacher's post was met with an outpour of support from friends and family, including his son, racer David Schumacher, 22.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
The newlyweds received an outpour of support, including a cute comment from their sister-in-law, Jesse Light, wife of Jesse Bongiovi.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
Verb
Since the law was first presented in congress two weeks ago, there has been outpouring against it.
—Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
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As the year closes out, Netflix will initiate its biggest movie exodus of 2024.Travis Bean, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Former Twitter users have been intermittently fleeing what is now X ever since Elon Musk bought it in 2022, but its largest user exodus began right around this year’s election.Angela Yang, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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With the former, your immune cells detect a threat and spurt out substances that widen your blood vessels, allowing more blood (and immune cells) to get to the affected area—an essential process for fighting germs and recovering from physical trauma.Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Dec. 2024
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Moshiri has abandoned meaningful interviews and communicates only in fits and spurts with the fan advisory board, inevitably failing to offer any true clarity.Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Strong currents and large debris can threaten pleasure craft safety during high flows.Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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This might involve techniques like distributed tracing to understand the end-to-end flow of transactions, real-time anomaly detection to identify emerging trends and patterns, and incident response to quickly diagnose and mitigate issues.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Then, in a 180-degree turn, an improved defensive effort helped fuel their recent run of strong play — the team simply pouring more energy into that area of the court.Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Millions of letters and packages poured in from families.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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His killing kindled a fiery outpouring of resentment toward U.S. health insurance companies, as Americans swapped stories online and elsewhere of being denied coverage, left in limbo as doctors and insurers disagreed, and stuck with sizable bills.Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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The death of Thompson, a 20-year veteran of the health insurance giant, has exposed a division in America, with many publicly celebrating his demise, while an outpouring of support has popped up for Mangione, who allegedly used a ghost gun to carry out the shocking killing.Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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Smith allegedly sprayed the pesticide across food items, including fresh fruit and vegetables and rotisserie chickens, all of which were available to purchase.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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He was brought back when his girlfriend sprayed naloxone up his nose.Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Based on the real fundamentals, the stock price would be in the low, single digits - just a fraction of its current price. Worse, the company is living hand-to-mouth because of the minuscule revenues, large negative earnings, and high cash outflow.John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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More people moved to places with higher risks of wildfire, drought and hurricanes, although there was one exception, as earthquake-prone areas in California actually saw an outflow of residents, Freddie Mac researchers found.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
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The water gushes out of the spring hot enough to brew coffee.Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Block Wall Street is gushing over the payment fintech company, including Bank of America analyst Jason Kupferberg and team.Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Outpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpour. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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