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Recent Examples of tailwind
An unwinding of these bearish bets could also serve as a tailwind going forward.
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Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Satterfield noted the growth in e-commerce should continue to be a tailwind for ODFL.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Apr. 2025
His time in the heat was assisted by a 3.5m/s tailwind, while his final time was aided by a 2.6m/s tailwind.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump does have some tailwinds in manufacturing investment blowing in his favor.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Satterfield noted the growth in e-commerce should continue to be a tailwind for ODFL.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Apr. 2025
His time in the heat was assisted by a 3.5m/s tailwind, while his final time was aided by a 2.6m/s tailwind.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Trump does have some tailwinds in manufacturing investment blowing in his favor.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
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Taking Share and Increasing Retail Pound Volume Despite a challenging environment with retailer inventory headwinds and a slowdown in snacking, the company is still taking market share and increasing its retail pound volume (total volume of product sold in pounds) in key markets.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The terminal rate is the point at which interest rates do not act as headwinds for economic growth, and are consistent with allowing the central bank to achieve its inflation target.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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The endorsement is also a blow to former Ohio State University football coach and Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, who was considering entering the gubernatorial race, as well as Attorney General Dave Yost, who is running to succeed DeWine.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2025
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President Donald Trump has failed to make Ed Martin the permanent U.S. prosecutor for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., in what is a blow to his administration's goals.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Fierce gales hit the Irish Sea in late October 1859.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Apr. 2025
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It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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This means conditions are ripe for tornadoes to form.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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By Friday, the risk for long-track tornadoes intensifies across parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Especially valuable for biodiversity are areas of regenerating forests that grow after fires or other disturbances such as windstorms, in places where live and dead trees in the disturbed forests have not been cut.—
Reed Frederick Noss,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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And Manzanar is known for incredible windstorms and dust storms.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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His dramas, rarely built on tightly interlocking shards of plot, are instead propelled by ambient forces: blasts of music, gusts of chatter.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Be ready for pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2025
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Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recent months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack today stands at 90% of average, according to state officials.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The world of Rudolph’s movie is awash in the blather and squall of media.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
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Even Fox News, known for finding even the tiniest silver lining in any Trump tempest, offered little relief to the president’s MAGA supporters in light of recent polls.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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He’s stepped into a tempest of a football club that has become known more for its ability to generate off-field drama rather than top footballing performances.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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