Thesaurus results for COUNTERCURRENT

countercurrent

noun

Definition of countercurrent

as in countertrend

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Recent Examples of countercurrent And yet, there are signs of a countercurrent, with some newer listening options hinting at a more cohesive alternative. — Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025 Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance. — Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries. — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The perfumer is known for creating formulas that do not have many ingredients, running countercurrent to the way most fragrances are developed today. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for countercurrent

Recent Examples of Synonyms for countercurrent

Noun

That warning has coincided with a countertrend, as consumers and collectors appear to place greater value on things made by human hands.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
This countertrend strength comes within a multiyear downtrend, but the cyclical upmove appears to have staying power.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 8 June 2026

Definition of countertrend

Noun

Even before the police becomes involved, Hammer hints at his film’s tense tenor.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Major shifts in the political tone of the nation have in the recent past sent TV-news outlets scrambling to match the tenor of the times.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of tenor

Noun

The propensity for enigmatic contradiction in thought and ideation is alive and well in the Republican Party in Texas.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
His Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Jessep isn’t fooling anyone with the calculated nonchalance and the propensity for quoting Melville and Shakespeare.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of propensity

Noun

Experts share the habits and triggers to avoid, plus the remedies that could help alleviate a persistent hack following a respiratory infection.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Deer also commonly abandon typical daytime habits and begin moving about in search of a mate, DEEP said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of habit

Noun

The feature can also generate weekly spending charts, payment calendars and custom dashboards based on the financial information users want to track.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed cocktails steps away in a part of the courtyard wrapped in a romantic mauve pink that colored the curtains, custom loungers, and drink tables.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of custom

Noun

The question that haunts his stories, giving them a pulsing undertow of dread, is whether those things have already happened or not.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
This is a character study of everyone who was caught in the undertow, and a look at all of us — as a civilization, really.

— Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026