tailwind

noun

Definition of tailwindnext
as in headwind

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Recent Examples of tailwind Last week, Nvidia partnered with six major financial institutions to launch compute-financing platforms targeting more than $500 billion in third-party funding for AI infrastructure—a push that recently got a regulatory tailwind. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 The midterm effect amplifies a tailwind that already exists rather than creating one. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 When housing eventually turns, Ferguson has a business firing on all cylinders ready to absorb that tailwind. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tailwind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
  1. headwind
  2. blow
  3. gale
  4. tornado
  5. windstorm
  6. gust
  7. squall
  8. tempest
Noun
  • Despite the anxiety among investors that the bull market has to end, and all the headwinds that can be pointed to that may cause a correction if not a bear market, 10 out of 11 sectors in the S&P 500 just beat earnings estimates.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Grassroots fundraisers face competing headwinds, according to For Good interim president Tamara Mahal.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of headwind
Noun
  • But the federal agency that has required companies to collect and report demographic workforce data since 1966 is now working to end that practice, a move some critics say would be a huge blow to civil rights enforcement.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Guevera also reportedly came to blows with Eddie Kingston in 2022, leading to Kingston’s suspension.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • Just over two weeks later, a storm with gale-force winds struck, and Halliburton, his partner Paul Mooney, and roughly 12 crewmen disappeared without a trace.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.
    — HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of gale
Noun
  • The two tornadoes started as tornadic waterspouts and were spotted off the coast of Far Rockaway and in Atlantic Beach on Long Island as Thursday’s torrential rain forced officials to close highways across the city.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Photos and video shared on social media show debris thrown in the air and pummeling rain as a possible tornado touched down at Atlantic Beach on Long Island's outer barrier.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tornado
Noun
  • However, premiums across much of South Florida remain materially higher than national averages, particularly for properties requiring windstorm and flood coverage.
    — Malana VanTyker, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
  • All the framing members were stacked on top of one another, and the carpenter had even installed metal connectors to ensure the roof rafters would not get pulled up and off the walls in a windstorm.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of windstorm
Noun
  • In addition to blocking the view of those behind them, the canopy also presents a hazard of blowing away if there are wind gusts.
    — John Natale, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn’t done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.
    — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of gust
Noun
  • But in the squall of war, Etna’s talents also beget inexorable demands.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • What had once been a possible squall on the horizon, another dose of unpredict-able Pacara weather, now felt like a credible threat; the clouds had begun to travel.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
Definition of squall
Noun
  • Last Friday, Jason Arday was found dead in his home in London amid a media tempest dissecting his backstory.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Afterward, the society picks itself up, recognizes the excesses, and regrets them—though too late for those caught in the tempest.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of tempest

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