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tailwind

noun

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as in headwind

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Recent Examples of tailwind When a plane is caught in a tailwind, gusts of air blow from behind the aircraft in the same direction the plane is flying. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 While there’s been some speculation that GLP-1 weight loss drugs would be a tailwind for brands like Victoria’s Secret, Super said the company’s not seeing a huge impact. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 To that end, the bond between Williams and Johnson feels like a significant tailwind for the Bears. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The midterm effect amplifies a tailwind that already exists rather than creating one. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tailwind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
  1. headwind
  2. blow
  3. gale
  4. tornado
  5. windstorm
  6. gust
  7. squall
  8. tempest
Noun
  • The political costs will be calculated in November’s midterm congressional elections, with Republicans facing increasing headwinds from the war’s unpopularity.
    — Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This appointment arrives as Nike navigates deep operational restructuring and severe market headwinds.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of headwind
Noun
  • Abby meanwhile was killed in the upstairs guest bedroom, but hit first on the side of the head before being dealt a total of 17 blows.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Connecticut was among the few states helping to cover the loss of federal health insurance subsidies by earmarking millions of dollars to soften the blow for more than 150,000 Connecticut residents.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.
    — Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Just over two weeks later, a storm with gale-force winds struck, and Halliburton, his partner Paul Mooney, and roughly 12 crewmen disappeared without a trace.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of gale
Noun
  • Amid cacao ceremonies, breathwork and psychedelic rituals, relationships begin to unravel, families drift apart and old wounds resurface, as the festival organizers ignore warnings of an approaching tornado.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
  • At least 175 of the deaths were directly caused by the storm, including people killed by freshwater flooding, storm surge, wind, tornadoes and other direct effects.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of tornado
Noun
  • Flood zones and windstorm insurance costs feed into the debt calculation, and on Miami Beach or in low-lying neighborhoods those premiums can move the numbers as much as the interest rate does.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • On Good Friday in March of 1913, a massive windstorm blew over Indianapolis before heavy rains on Easter Sunday and Monday soaked the ground, causing the White River, Fall Creek and Eagle Creek to overflow.
    — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of windstorm
Noun
  • The eastward shift increased the chances of hurricane-force wind gusts on Niihau and possibly Kauai, especially at higher elevations, the hurricane center warned.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Residents can expect winds to be southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph and humidity as low as 8%.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of gust
Noun
  • Labor Day is in the rearview mirror, kids are back to school, and a squall of pumpkin spice is upon us.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Whatever the squalls raging about, those few small blocks structured and shaped the daily lives of Venice’s Jewish population.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of squall
Noun
  • Although Congress doesn’t pass many laws these days, the White House has been a furious tempest of executive orders.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The ongoing tempest includes Camille Sims (Alexandria Riley) having to prevent a Safeguard extermination as the new Head of IT this year, and the revelation of ex-security chief Robert Sims (Common) regarding Bernard (Tim Robbins).
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tempest

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