windscreen
noun
wind·screen
ˈwin(d)-ˌskrēn 
1
: a screen that protects against the wind
2
chiefly British
: windshield
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The 9/11 attacks traumatized that world, but what actually broke it, like a brick into a car windscreen, where the cracks spread and ramify until at some point the whole thing shatters, was the 2008 financial crisis: the moment when the underlying economic engines shifted into reverse.
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Some of the provisions include allowing sidewalk cafes to have removable railings or fencing as dividers from the public sidewalk, prohibiting solid walls in the right of way, and allowing solid walls and windscreens in outdoor areas that are not in the right of way.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
The windscreen seemingly stretches down to the nose of the Luce, affording the car added aerodynamics as well as a sweeping line not seen in any Ferrari before it.
—Jeremy White, Wired News, 25 May 2026
The tower uses 33 colors across 300 panels, made from the same toughened plastic used for fighter jet windscreens.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Some of the provisions include allowing sidewalk cafes to have removable railings or fencing as dividers from the public sidewalk, prohibiting solid walls in the right of way, and allowing solid walls and windscreens in outdoor areas that are not in the right of way.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
The windscreen seemingly stretches down to the nose of the Luce, affording the car added aerodynamics as well as a sweeping line not seen in any Ferrari before it.
—Jeremy White, Wired News, 25 May 2026
The tower uses 33 colors across 300 panels, made from the same toughened plastic used for fighter jet windscreens.
—Niyaz Pirani, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Windscreen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windscreen. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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