as in trend
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
the tide of the battle turned suddenly, and the would-be invaders were forced to retreat
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Recent Examples of tide
The four Southern states worried that Southern senators might not be able to hold off the tide forever.
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Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Rising sea levels that have resulted from global warming and the melting of ice caps have likely exacerbated the natural sea erosion that occurs daily from the impacts of wind, waves and tides.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Encouragingly, several major funders are now reassessing nuclear, which suggests the tide may be turning.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Under a dark sky on a cool night, an orange tide rolled through the streets of Queen Creek as about 100 people walked together wearing shirts and carrying glowsticks in that bright color.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Rising sea levels that have resulted from global warming and the melting of ice caps have likely exacerbated the natural sea erosion that occurs daily from the impacts of wind, waves and tides.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
Encouragingly, several major funders are now reassessing nuclear, which suggests the tide may be turning.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Under a dark sky on a cool night, an orange tide rolled through the streets of Queen Creek as about 100 people walked together wearing shirts and carrying glowsticks in that bright color.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tide
Noun
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And the bubbly contortionist, 42, might have set a trend with those one-of-a-kind movements.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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With the Kingpins denim show in Amsterdam fresh in her mind, Velasquez also offered forward-looking trend and business insights on the future of denim.—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The week ahead could bring butterflies to your heart and push you to step outside of your comfort zone and go in slightly new directions.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Our test model featured a heads-up display that projects information like navigation directions and more.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The collaboration between certain MAGA influencers and animal-rights activists has drawn out the most confrontational tendencies within each camp.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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One way to estimate your tendency is with a Morningness-Eveningness questionnaire.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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And in late March and early April, when the winds still bite, the first piping plovers, tiny and sand-colored, return to the Rockaways.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Mackinac Bridge officials recorded the highest wind gust Monday morning, 49 mph, prompting an advisory and escorts across the span for vulnerable vehicles like motorcycles, pickup trucks with campers and other high-profile vehicles.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tide. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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