as in trend
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
the tide of the battle turned suddenly, and the would-be invaders were forced to retreat
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Recent Examples of tide
The Moon is exceptionally large compared with Earth for a natural satellite, and at only 30 Earth-diameters away from the Earth, its gravity is significant enough to be the dominant factor in determining the oceanic tides that our planet experiences.
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Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The court case and the DHS decision signaled a changing tide for Cuban immigrants, said Juan Carlos Gomez, an immigration lawyer and law professor at Florida International University and part of the university’s Cuban Research Institute.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The basketball men and women of the University of Connecticut won before NIL money came flowing into their sport like the tide, and after NIL.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining the harbor entrance, which requires regular dredging to remove the sand carried in by ocean currents, tides and waves.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
The court case and the DHS decision signaled a changing tide for Cuban immigrants, said Juan Carlos Gomez, an immigration lawyer and law professor at Florida International University and part of the university’s Cuban Research Institute.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The basketball men and women of the University of Connecticut won before NIL money came flowing into their sport like the tide, and after NIL.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
The Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining the harbor entrance, which requires regular dredging to remove the sand carried in by ocean currents, tides and waves.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tide
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Eco effort Six Senses has long held the mantle for being ahead of the sustainability trend, and in Rome, the property was built to incorporate their ethos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just the same, the flip side of this is that baseball is notoriously fickle and often deceptive from one day to the next, with the line between coincidence and trend ever-blurry.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Smoke could be seen rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on March 14, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf’s petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Iran’s Kharg Island.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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While the morning invites a slower pace and simple pleasures, the Moon opposing chatty Mercury later can pull feelings and words in different directions.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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When an investigation like Nancy Guthrie’s passes the two-month mark, there’s a tendency to look back and reexamine all assumptions and decisions made in the first few moments.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Apr. 2026
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New cultivars of Pyrus calleryana were bred to reduce Bradford’s tendency to split in snow or high winds.—
Campbell Vaughn,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Residents can be ready for wind gusts of up to 50 mph.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Angels had only one hit, an Oswald Peraza bloop single that the wind probably blew away from right fielder Victor Robles.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tide. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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