1
as in tides
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
the currents of fashion are always changing
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as in winds
noticeable movement of air in a particular direction
curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window
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Recent Examples of currents
The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Lithium dendrites readily cross oxide grain boundaries at high currents, posing a failure risk, whereas sulfide- and halide-based SSEs produce detrimental side reactions at the lithium interface.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
He's since learned of sorting machines that use electric currents to check if a penny is pure copper and drop the pennies into separate buckets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Lithium dendrites readily cross oxide grain boundaries at high currents, posing a failure risk, whereas sulfide- and halide-based SSEs produce detrimental side reactions at the lithium interface.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
He's since learned of sorting machines that use electric currents to check if a penny is pure copper and drop the pennies into separate buckets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currents
Noun
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The ensign, who had neglected to check the tides before entering the harbor, immediately reported his failure to his superiors, who fired him and hauled him before a court-martial.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s likely to make voters think twice before unseating her, even when national tides run against Republicans.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Øresund Bridge is designed to withstand ship collisions, aircraft impacts, earthquakes, and high winds.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The storm brought damaging winds and a powerful surge of water over 6 feet high to the state's western coast, according to the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How do such regimes exploit certain brain functions or cognitive tendencies?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Kaiser seems to moderate Levshunov’s most reckless tendencies, and Levshunov seems to bring out a more creative side of Kaiser.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many other Big Tech companies also slashed their headcounts around that time as the pandemic receded and consumer demand trends changed.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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The firings included staff at the agency’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control who track suicide trends and those in charge of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC journal that reports disease outbreaks to public health agencies nationwide.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As for Franklin, his next move could go in a number of directions.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Follow the label directions and spray in the late afternoon or early evening when the armyworms are active and feeding.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Currents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currents. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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