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Recent Examples of tailwind
The company is now uniquely positioned to benefit from many favorable tailwinds driving the communications infrastructure industry, Gunderman said, including convergence and generative artificial intelligence.
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Cooper Gant, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
And while new economy-wide and solar-specific tariffs should ostensibly be a tailwind for US solar manufacturers, that sector is in for a rough patch as well, Hall said.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Three tailwinds are converging: Infrastructure maturity: Liquidity pools, cross-chain bridges, and API platforms now enable real-time payments at scale.
—Kjartan Rist, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Equinix has had record bookings from the tailwinds of artificial intelligence and hyperscaler growth over the past few quarters.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
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Cooper Gant, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
And while new economy-wide and solar-specific tariffs should ostensibly be a tailwind for US solar manufacturers, that sector is in for a rough patch as well, Hall said.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Three tailwinds are converging: Infrastructure maturity: Liquidity pools, cross-chain bridges, and API platforms now enable real-time payments at scale.
—Kjartan Rist, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Equinix has had record bookings from the tailwinds of artificial intelligence and hyperscaler growth over the past few quarters.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
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However, many economists still expect tariffs to create headwinds for the U.S. economy in the coming months, with certain states—those reliant on imports and vulnerable to any reciprocal actions—expected to feel an outsized impact.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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With its massive debt load and facing structural headwinds, the new-look Paramount is crying out for a financier who understands the industry and is willing to stake his reputation on it.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The decline threatens to push record beef prices even higher, with tariffs limiting importers’ ability to soften the blow.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Postal Savings Bank, established in 1911, softened the blow of the Great Depression for millions, before being killed by the big banks in 1967.—
Mark Dimondstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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In fact, on one May day in 1880, a sudden gale rose up in nearby Cape Disappointment, and within one hour, 200 fishermen drowned, according to maritime historian James A. Gibbs in Pacific Graveyard.—
Teresa Nowakowski,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Sunday’s gale warning is in effect until Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2025
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The tornado storyline at the end of Season 2 also gave Miyahara one of his most elaborate plots.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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She's written about hurricanes, tornadoes and violent weather for more than 30 years.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday, forecasters upped the odds of a major windstorm moving across Florida.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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This thing goes from zero to 60 faster than Captain Sandy’s yacht in a windstorm.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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The red flag warning is active from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for parts of Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose, Gunnison, Delta, Eagle and San Miguel counties, where relative humidity is as low as 8% and wind gusts could reach 35 mph.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Single-digit humidity and wind gusts from 35 to 55 mph are possible.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
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His excellent band can walk a squall of droning guitars and pedal steel into an abrupt stop, hover a second, then surge forward as one, without sounding rehearsed.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Brought in on June 7 after protests in L.A. over a squall of harsh ICE raids on undocumented immigrants, Trump took over the Golden State National Guard first without seemingly properly informing Newsom.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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These accoutrements saved our weekend when a late-May tempest blew across Colorado’s San Luis Valley one night.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
26 June 2025
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People caught in the tempest discovered the limits of human control.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2025
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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