influx

noun [U]

/ˈɪn·flʌks/

Definition

› the arrival of a large number of people or things: The town’s economy depends on the summer influx of tourists.

(Definition of influx noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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