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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 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 Even though the tides are slowly turning, many video games have formulaic plots that reinforce old-school gender and heteronormative roles, often featuring a hero saving a damsel in distress from a menacing villain. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026 Over the next three days, king tides are expected in Miami-Dade, say local authorities. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 King tides will continue over the next few months through December. — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Remaining agile while maintaining high editorial and production standards seems to be the answer to navigating these shifting tides. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Rip tides and powerful currents are expected to remain, and beachgoers were urged by officials to use caution. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026 High surf, life-threatening rip currents and elevated tides will persist through Tuesday. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 But forcing heavy steel trains onto a floating highway that rolls, sways, and shifts with the tides was widely considered an invitation to disaster. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Here, Deborah Findling, creative AI trends expert at Adobe, discusses the most prominent trends.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Adopting more stringent standards to grant them would provide a concrete approach to reverse current trends.

— Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of trends

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Clerc’s rationale was centered on the Houthis recent tendencies to mainly target Saudi Arabian vessels passing through the strait.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
The whole thing plays like something concocted by an 8th grader sitting in the back of biology class and doodling movie ideas in his notebook, offering more proof that Besson has never quite risen above the juvenile tendencies of his early years.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of tendencies

Noun

But Gleb is being pulled in other directions at the same time, under political pressure to help the mounting war effort.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
The carriers join Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk who have separately announced an expansion of their trans-Suez routing on both directions via six services since the summer.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of directions

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At 4,109 acres and 25% contained, some growth is possible today as these northerly winds will be present.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Every morning, before surfers paddled out, the longtime Venice resident described swells, winds and surf conditions to his followers, becoming for some the town’s trusted surf chronicler.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of winds

Noun

Runoff is expected to flow into creeks and streams, causing river levels to rise and currents to speed up.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
From there, its autonomous navigation system determined how to reach them by continuously assessing conditions, including wind direction and speed, currents, and available battery power.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

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