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Recent Examples of tailwind
Tax cuts are providing a tailwind for consumer spending and business investment, but a pullback in household demand or sustained rise in input costs may prompt companies to recalibrate by shedding hours or positions.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Along with the costs, Kenney highlighted tighter trucking supply as a tailwind to freight conversions.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
For Zima, the AI wave is Omni’s tailwind.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Along with the costs, Kenney highlighted tighter trucking supply as a tailwind to freight conversions.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta.
—Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
For Zima, the AI wave is Omni’s tailwind.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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The decision not to contest Brinkema's ruling reflects the headwinds the administration has been facing from lawmakers in both parties who had significant reservations about the program.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Exiting these TSAs, separation costs, and investment in technology are expected to result in a slight operating margin headwind during the company's transition period but should lead to solid margin gains once it's all cleaned up.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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To pay for her medical bills, the family had to sell most of their remaining cattle and goats, a bitter blow after years of drought had already decimated local herds.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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This makes for a significant setback but not necessarily a fatal blow to the facility.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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National Weather Service The NWS also issued a host of marine hazards, including gale warnings, high surf advisories, small craft advisories and beach hazards for most of Southern California's coastal communities.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Severe storms with hail, wind and isolated tornadoes threaten Texas on May 26 as voters head to the polls for statewide runoff elections.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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After a busy April that featured multiple severe weather outbreaks across the United States, tornado activity has flatlined this month.—
Matthew Cappucci,
Washington Post,
26 May 2026
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Explain hurricanes Tell your children that a hurricane is a giant, rainy windstorm that requires a lot of preparation and precaution.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The windstorm from the fans raged until the home eventually broke off from its remaining anchors, rolling completely over not once, but twice.—
Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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The wind will flow in from the southeast, sustained around 10-20 mph with gusts as high as 25-30 mph.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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The Storm Prediction Center says scattered severe storms are possible across southwest into south-central Texas, with threats including large hail, damaging wind gusts and a couple of isolated tornadoes through the afternoon and evening.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Political squalls are far easier to shrug off than Britain’s long-term economic problems.—
John Stepek,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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One version of the nation’s history anchors itself in the efforts to navigate those tempests, to better the imperfect tools bequeathed to us by imperfect men.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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