tides

noun

plural of tide
as in trends
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 tides The gravitational pull of both the Moon and the Sun combine around a full moon to make the tides larger. — Brian Tang, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 High tides on Monday morning and Tuesday morning may bring minor to moderate coastal flooding, which is forecast to be less than over the weekend. — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 High tides will build and peak on Monday and Tuesday during the late morning hours, likely reaching about 7 feet. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Rain creeps back into the forecast by the middle of next week, when the tides are expected to be closer to normal. — Alex Harris updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026 These winds will also rough up seas considerably and intensify coastal flooding, pushing tides 2 to 3 feet higher than normal. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Visitors should admire it from a safe distance, particularly when waves and tides are high. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026 Nearly three years after she was fired from the Scream franchise for speaking up in support of Palestinians, Melissa Barrera sees the tides changing. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026 One of those tides came in while Steinbach was at the far end of the island shooting a sunset. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tides
  1. trends
  2. tendencies
  3. directions
  4. winds
  5. currents
Noun
  • In addition, Carter’s will be acting faster on consumer insights and data, and accelerating the pipeline of product and innovation to better keep up with the speed at which licenses, trends and styles come and go.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Regarding broader trends around tariffs and international production, Keogh noted that public sentiment is shifting strongly toward domestic manufacturing.
    — Chase Jordan October 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • This film is about revenge, which is one of the more human tendencies to make a movie about.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The real Bridget Sullivan did not appear to have any such tendencies.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • Borders should follow water flows, not compass directions, Powell believed.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • University police issued the shelter-in-place order earlier Sunday night, instructing people to close windows and doors, report anything unusual to police and await further directions.
    — Adam Bednar, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • Fire officials had also failed to take advantage of satellite imagery after strong winds grounded their typical eyes in the sky, aircraft.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Expose such towers to high winds for enough time, and some may fail catastrophically.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of winds
Noun
  • And require bulky motors to fight gravity in the air and separate propulsion systems to navigate currents below.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The movement of warm waters, in turn, changes where heat enters the atmosphere, which alters the motions of atmospheric currents.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of currents

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“Tides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tides. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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