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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tides
  1. trends
  2. tendencies
  3. directions
  4. winds
  5. currents
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
Noun
  • Hope produces hype But these tendencies leave us open to exploitation by companies that want our money.
    — Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Safety positioning matters, but so do protection rules and pre-snap signals and down-and-distance tendencies.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • But Palatine Road was closed in both directions at Winston Drive for hours while crews cleaned up the mess.
    — Desiree Evans, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At the end of both cases, the judge will give directions to the jury, after which all of their electronic devices will be taken and they will be sent to a room to consider their verdict.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of directions
Noun
  • Don’t throttle the goose who lays the golden eggs, don’t blast from the skies the albatross who guarantees fair winds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The team thinks that in galaxies with less powerful jets, black hole winds also contribute to shock generation.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 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
Definition of currents

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“Tides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tides. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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