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Recent Examples of tailwind
The firm also noted that the recent dollar weakness should provide a small tailwind to S & P 500 earnings.
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Yun Li, CNBC, 21 July 2025
If anything, the fractured geopolitical landscape, which began before Trump’s second term but has only worsened since January, is also a tailwind to global clean energy development.
—Justin Worland, Time, 11 July 2025
Gold has become a hot commodity and a tailwind for Costco’s revenue, often selling out quickly after being restocked.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Lower interest rates should act as a tailwind to the stock and bond markets.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Yun Li, CNBC, 21 July 2025
If anything, the fractured geopolitical landscape, which began before Trump’s second term but has only worsened since January, is also a tailwind to global clean energy development.
—Justin Worland, Time, 11 July 2025
Gold has become a hot commodity and a tailwind for Costco’s revenue, often selling out quickly after being restocked.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Lower interest rates should act as a tailwind to the stock and bond markets.
—Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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That call still rests on two pillars: intermediate-term momentum is not yet overbought, and cycles/seasonality don’t turn into headwinds until August.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Analysts also see Trump’s attempt to interfere in the country’s domestic affairs as a potential backfire for Bolsonaro during his trial and a push for Lula, whose reelection bid was facing unpopularity headwinds this year.—
Mauricio Savarese,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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For a country like Italy, which prioritizes value for money, this is a devastating blow.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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People threw punches, kicked and jeered as a man on the ground tried to fend off the blows and a woman tumbled to the concrete, bloody and disoriented.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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 alerts consisted of gale warnings, hazardous seas warnings, small craft advisories and rip current statements.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While all of these are often referred to as fire tornadoes or firenadoes, researchers have detected subtle differences in how they are organized.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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And the same for tornadoes and hurricanes and fires.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
Noun
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In just the past few months, FEMA has denied federal assistance for devastating floods in West Virginia and a destructive windstorm in Washington.—
Jeremy Lindenfeld,
ProPublica,
9 July 2025
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In January 2008, for example, a powerful windstorm generated waves over 30 feet tall and gusts near 100 mph, according to weather service.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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The storms may bring penny-sized hail (0.75 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 July 2025
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Residents should be prepared for wind gusts of up to 55 mph.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
Noun
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These massive storms can be both round or linear in shape and be in systems like squall lines and tropical storms.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
31 July 2025
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There were rainbows galore and night watches dodging squalls with the menace of lightning flashing on the horizon.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
Noun
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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 9 Aug. 2025.
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