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influx

noun/ˈɪnˌflʌks/

What It Means

A flow inward or into something; a coming in.

That which flows or comes in.

influence; power.

I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.

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Influx in Context

“the general influx of Greek into modern languages”

— 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue

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From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).

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