Definition of tailwind
: a wind having the same general direction as a course of movement (as of an aircraft)
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Here's someone who has huge tailwinds to get the 2020 nomination and the proposal lacked any creativity whatsoever.
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Harvard’s Gabrielle Thomas, who beat Henderson for the NCAA indoor 200 title, had the day’s fastest 200 time at 22.36 seconds with a 2.2 mps tailwind.
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Francisco Negron, head of client services at T. Rowe Price , which maintains some of the largest CITs, sees the size of the retirement industry as a tailwind for CITs.
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Analysts will be eager to hear about the company’s strategy to improve margins after Barrick shares failed to catch the tailwind that propelled gold to its biggest annual gain in seven years.
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But gusty conditions meant a risk of windshear—a sudden tailwind could cause the plane to drop out of the sky.
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For now, bulls say economic tailwinds will outweigh rising inflation.
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Baker also won the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on May 26 with a 9.78, but there was too much tailwind for record purposes.
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The wind was dead in her 100 heat while the other two heats had tailwinds of 1.5 and 3.1 meters per second.
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First Known Use of tailwind
1897
TAILWIND Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tailwind for English Language Learners
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: a wind that blows in the same direction as something (such as a ship or an airplane) that is moving forward
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