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Recent Examples of tailwind
As the plane lined up on a runway, there was a light tailwind, which increased the amount of runway the plane would need to take off.
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Jeff Wise, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Likewise, analysts had largely forecasted both the growth and the tailwinds.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 19 May 2025
The deal comes at a time when the crypto industry is riding regulatory tailwinds from the first ever pro-crypto White House.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Tech Sector Momentum Creates Positive Environment The broader technology sector rally has created additional tailwinds for XRP.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Jeff Wise, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Likewise, analysts had largely forecasted both the growth and the tailwinds.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 19 May 2025
The deal comes at a time when the crypto industry is riding regulatory tailwinds from the first ever pro-crypto White House.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Tech Sector Momentum Creates Positive Environment The broader technology sector rally has created additional tailwinds for XRP.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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This can pose to be a headwind for homebuilders like Lennar, requiring strategic inventory and pricing management to maintain profitability and market share.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The evidence to date is that the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies are managing to deepen defense cooperation despite political and economic headwinds.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
Noun
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If approved, the cuts would served a devastating blow to the U.N., which is already struggling as other governments also cut contributions.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Her relationship may have been seen as the ideal outcome of inner work, so its collapse may have felt disappointing, like a blow to their healing process.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Eyewitnesses described furious gales and hurricane-like winds that left an avalanche of debris near the pier.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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Fierce gales hit the Irish Sea in late October 1859.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Any tornado with slower wind speeds is considered an EF0.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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Each of those states has seen between 87 and 97 tornadoes so far, AccuWeather reported.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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This 30-foot sign from the '50s collapsed during a windstorm in 2014 and was donated to the Mesa Preservation Foundation in 2019.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
21 May 2025
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Eight tornadoes were reported in north-central Illinois, and additional straight-line windstorm damage was reported near Chicago and Indianapolis.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Prepare for penny-sized hail (0.75 inches) and wind gusts of up to 50 mph.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
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The set-up led to several major storms on Memorial Day that walloped the southern Plains and Southeast with strong wind gusts, a few tornadoes and large hail.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Noun
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And the durable, water-repellent, quick-dry fabric has thus far shrugged off light snowfall, summer squalls, poison ivy, and even thorny underbrush.—
The Editors,
Outside Online,
30 May 2025
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The squalls could prompt a sudden drop in visibility and quickly cover roads with a thin coating of ice and snow, presenting a danger to travelers, AccuWeather warned.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2024
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Out of the midst of this thunder and turmoil and tempest rose Dr. Otto Lecher, serene and collected.—
Don DeLillo,
Harpers Magazine,
5 May 2025
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Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son, Pope Leo XIV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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