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influx
noun
A flow inward or into something.
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The word "influx" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to an increased number of people or things coming into a place or activity. For example, "The influx of tourists has put a strain on the city's transportation system."
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He blames the influx of cheap silk from China for the failure of his business.
Amnesty International wrote to the home secretary last month criticising the woeful response from European countries to the unacceptable scale of the loss of life from the influx of refugees and migrants on boats across the Mediterranean.
More recently, an influx of Slovakian Romas has seen the area characterised as a boiling pot, ripe for Oldham-style riots.
Many Latvians believe the influx of migrants from the USSR during decades of Soviet control was part of a concerted effort to destroy Latvian nationalism and Baltic culture, and recent government policies promoting the use of Latvian over Russian have been a source of tension.
And don't be tempted to follow a couple of "civilians", just for a laugh: when Kanye West did that to a student from Coventry, the influx of fan and press attention nearly drove the poor sod crazy.
Major incidents are usually called when a sudden influx of patients is expected.
Since then, apart from a few days of relative quiet in April when a ceasefire partially held, Syria has seen a huge influx of arms to the rebels, growing involvement by foreign special forces, and the infiltration of al-Qaida jihadis and other Salafists.
"In 2010, [the Tories] had a whole influx of young people and wiped us off the radar, whereas this time we're way ahead of them in terms of numbers".
Southern EU states bear the brunt of the influx and feel they have had to shoulder the burden of dealing with a problem that should have a common European response.
But despite the dire warnings from the right (er, people who are supposed to believe in free markets no less) the indications are that there will be no sudden influx of Balkan builders.
Older Republicans can remember when the party was much more conservative than it is now and complain about the influx over the last two decades of what they call "aliens" from Massachusetts.
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