How to Use tailwind in a Sentence
tailwind
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The hosts talk about the tailwinds for the league right now.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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This is going to be a nice tailwind.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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This is going to be a nice tailwind.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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This gave the movement its first tailwind.
—Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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Rate cuts are a tailwind for growth, and tech sits squarely in that lane.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
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The big question, of course, is how long the chia tailwind might last.
—Anne Sraders, Fortune, 20 May 2021
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Where there are headwinds, there are tailwinds.
—Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
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Its top speed, if there’s a tailwind, is about 60 miles per hour.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2021
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But the macro tailwinds are shifting.
—Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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This shift would be a tailwind for Sunrun.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
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The data center boom is a clear tailwind for you.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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All of this spending and building is a tailwind for stocks.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
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Some investors see this as a structural tailwind that will last for years.
—Chris Russo, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Even with a tailwind, hard work is still needed; that work just yields more reward.
—Sendhil Mullainathan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
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The return trip is with a tailwind, and the standard course is around a mile-and-a-half.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
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There is no momentum tailwind here yet.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 June 2026
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While that's a compelling case that should play out, the tailwind hasn't shown up in earnings yet.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
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Trade tailwinds have already been a big boon for Peru.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
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Trump faces a number of tailwinds and headwinds in his first month in office.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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All of that points to these sectors no longer creating a job growth tailwind.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Cross your fingers for a tailwind, or only plan to tow on downhill grades.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Feb. 2022
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Gold and silver have surged with a mix of tailwinds pushing prices higher.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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But others think bitcoin still has tailwinds behind it even in the near term.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 18 Nov. 2025
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This company has a couple tailwinds at its back.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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Lower interest rates should act as a tailwind to the stock and bond markets.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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These are among the story lines providing a tailwind to stocks in recent weeks.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 13 July 2022
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This will give gold a strong tailwind as the oceans of new money continue to grow still further.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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And somebody who might have those kind of tailwinds…that would be a huge boost to his candidacy.
—Scott Reid, Orange County Register, 7 May 2017
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The economy faces a complex set of tailwinds and headwinds next year.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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The massive tailwind that spawned the real estate price tsunami is over.
—James Berman, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
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