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Recent Examples of windward
Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
If the airflow is constant through the windward side of the house, then the cycle repeats itself, providing your home with a self-replenishing supply of new, clean air.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
—The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
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Adjective
Where to stay: For a heavier dose of adrenaline, look toward the eastern, windward side of the island.
—Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 3 June 2025
If the airflow is constant through the windward side of the house, then the cycle repeats itself, providing your home with a self-replenishing supply of new, clean air.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Noun
The wind may produce rain over Oahu and in Kauai’s higher terrain, the weather service said and has increased showers on the windward side of the Big Island and Maui.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
—The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windward
Adjective
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Places like Bellemont, Snowbowl and even downtown Flagstaff are on the upwind side of the mountain.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Trinidad and Tobago Police Service say Brown was having dinner and drinks with friends in Castara, a seaside village on the leeward coast of the island of Tobago.—
Mitch Picasso,
FOXNews.com,
28 Nov. 2025
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The islands want to move, as waves and wind push sand from the ocean edge to the leeward or sound side.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Not so Grace, who always seems aware of an audience on the other side of the movie screen, waiting to be entertained.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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On the agent side, depending on the complexity of the work and the amount of agent involvement, clients are very willing to pay for that.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Senate Republican leaders have instead faced pressure for weeks from the right flank of the GOP to move the bill forward through what's known as a talking filibuster.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, the two climbers, aged 19 and 20, called for help the previous evening after one of them lost his footing and plunged 700 vertical feet down Avalanche Gulch, the major gully on Mount Shasta’s southern flank.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Windward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windward. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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