perfect storm

noun

: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors

Examples of perfect storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the celebration may be premature, industry insiders, foreign diplomats and market experts said, telling The Times that Silicon Valley will face strong headwinds in the months ahead — the makings of a perfect storm of uncertainty that could still tip the U.S. economy into recession. —Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

Key Background Newark Airport is facing a perfect storm of challenges, including unreliable technology at the terminal radar approach control tower (TRACON) at Philadelphia International Airport, which is responsible for directing aircraft in and out of Newark Airport. —Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

That is, until a perfect storm materialized years later, one that featured an owner in Dan Lovenheim purchasing the racetrack in August 2018 and then a windfall of money provided by a federal COVID-19 stimulus package. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2025

While regulatory debates and bitcoin price fluctuations dominate headlines, a quiet revolution has been taking place in the online gambling sector, fueled by a perfect storm of technological and financial innovation: stablecoins. —Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for perfect storm

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• multiforme
• outperform
• piriform