as in wind
an air movement that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward
Stiff headwinds caused the flight to take longer than expected.
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Recent Examples of headwind
The market could face further headwinds as the Trump administration looks to strip away incentives for EV buyers.
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
And so will long-term care facilities like nursing homes, which already have faced headwinds in recent years.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
Range, 48, said the restoration of the park is critical at a time when the preservation of Black history faces political headwinds across the state and nationwide.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
South Korea’s largest conglomerate has run into significant headwinds in recent years across both of its key revenue streams: the manufacturing of memory chips, which help devices store data, and logic chips, which power data processing and computation.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
And so will long-term care facilities like nursing homes, which already have faced headwinds in recent years.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
Range, 48, said the restoration of the park is critical at a time when the preservation of Black history faces political headwinds across the state and nationwide.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
South Korea’s largest conglomerate has run into significant headwinds in recent years across both of its key revenue streams: the manufacturing of memory chips, which help devices store data, and logic chips, which power data processing and computation.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headwind
wind
Noun
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The iron girders of a water tower were reeds bending in the wind.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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When its winds reach 74 mph, the storm officially becomes a hurricane.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Headwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headwind. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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