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First, through a combination of weaker trade winds and westerlies over the tropical Atlantic, La Niña tends to create a more placid atmosphere.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve.
—NBC News, 11 Jan. 2020
As the land cools in the autumn, north-easterly winds replace the south-westerlies (see map).
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
But their move from the southern hemisphere to the northern, and the constraining effect of high pressure over Africa, sees them twisted from south-easterlies to south-westerlies.
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve.
—NBC News, 11 Jan. 2020
As the land cools in the autumn, north-easterly winds replace the south-westerlies (see map).
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
But their move from the southern hemisphere to the northern, and the constraining effect of high pressure over Africa, sees them twisted from south-easterlies to south-westerlies.
—The Economist, 27 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for westerly
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More:The legendary gales of November left the Great Lakes strewn with tragic shipwrecks Michigan was once the lead supplier of rye to distilleries Before Prohibition, which occurred from 1920 to 1933, Michigan was the largest rye-producing state in the country.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
31 Dec. 2024
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The alerts consisted of gale warnings, hazardous seas warnings, small craft advisories and rip current statements.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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For example, a plant may attract the same pests or wind pollination can impact the quality of differing varieties of the same plant.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
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Reports include tornado, wind storm and hail storm reports.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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With a blow of his whistle, all sorts of words applied: pandemonium, euphoria, mania.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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What’s 42 to 43? Into a black place of great blows from the little mountains from the sea came.—
John Berryman,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
8 July 2023
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That morning, around 6, authorities found O'Keefe on the ground outside the Canton home just before a nor'easter struck the town with 21 inches of snow.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
26 May 2023
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But the major overhaul in reading instruction — a shift away from a popular but flawed approach that encouraged kids to lean on context clues — continues to face headwinds.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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This suggests that investors are still expecting significant growth despite headwinds.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Westerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/westerly. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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