inbound

Example Sentences

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The only thing that saved me was a rule I had: Never respond to inbound calls or emails.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

And inbound U.S. tourism, Lynch noted, had “slowed substantially.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Centcom said it had "eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking US forces, including missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

And presumably it had been allowing inbound shipping headed to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

From time to time, the shed slipped its anchor and drifted aimlessly among inbound and outbound ocean liners while the Pococks slept.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown