tempests

plural of tempest

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Recent Examples of tempests But instead of clouds and rain, these electromagnetic tempests are made of plasma, charged particles whipped into motion by Earth's magnetic field. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025 The force of the collision pushed up mountains three miles high; millions of years of tempests wore them down. Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 Hwang seems to be suggesting that a line can indeed be drawn from the cultural tempests – too easily dismissed as matters of political correctness – to the real-world tragedies and obscenities that send innocent men to jail and early graves. Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tempests
Noun
  • According to the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, the average Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, sees 14 named storms, including seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes—categories 3, 4, and 5.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Friday’s widespread storms that served up floods and gridlock to afternoon commuters from the Keys to Coral Gables should begin to taper off as people head back out for a night on the town.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not only have students been impacted by political upheavals in higher education, but faculty members have faced an unpredictable professional landscape as well.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The drama about a Turkish college professor facing major upheavals on two home fronts bowed at Sundance and stars Ekin Koc, Erkan Kolçak Kostendil, Hazar Erguclu and Ercan Kesal.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • However, large earthquakes can strike on active faults thousands of years apart.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just as past technological revolutions redefined work – from the mechanization of farming to the rise of industrial factories – AI is reshaping the task structure of modern employment.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The drone revolutions In the early 2000s, Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces had no experience with drone technology.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Tempests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tempests. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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