How to Use cash flow in a Sentence

cash flow

noun
  • We were able to maintain a steady cash flow.
  • The company is looking at new ways to generate cash flow.
  • Those spikes don’t fix cash flow.
    — Sherry Quam Taylor, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There’s quite a lot of cash flow.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But cash flow rarely breaks from one event.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Why is the cash flow still tight some months?
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Even small changes can help with your cash flow.
    — Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Use free cash flow to pay debt down, not to chase scale.
    — Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Allstate shares go for about six times cash flow.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Then gauge how those fit into your cash flow.
    — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • At least its full-year cash flow guide was much better.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Its stock sells for about two times cash flow, and eight times free cash flow.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • So when the cash flow was cut off, the kitchens could no longer buy and cook food.
    — Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • That means shifting the focus from net worth to cash flow.
    — Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • Free cash flow jumped 53 percent.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Ain’t you people ever heard of cash flow?
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Free cash flow is set to compress sharply as the spending lands.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • But none of that works without a clear handle on cash flow.
    — David Mozeika, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Rapid growth can be a warning sign for a business’ cash flow.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The move could help Rackspace free up cash flow to hire and expand.
    — Brandon Lingle, ExpressNews.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • But such reductions still could crimp your near-term cash flow.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The firms that are growing their business and have healthy cash flow.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Stay on top of cash flow forecasting.
    — Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That crimped the cash flow of builders, leading to a record amount of defaults.
    — Pearl Liu, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In that stress case, free cash flow would shrink to about $80 million.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Swag’s goal here was to flex on his exes, have a good time, and show off his cash flow.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Small business buyers buy cash flow.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Buyers aren’t just buying cash flow.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In the cash flow arena, boxing has a way of ending up on its feet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Free cash flow is the best measure of the company.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025

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