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Recent Examples of tailwind
Lower interest rates should act as a tailwind to the stock and bond markets.
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Should Uber Technologies stock resume its uptrend, analyst adjustments to the upside could provide tailwinds.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Analysts, who took the stock to a buy-equivalent rating from market perform, argued that artificial intelligence is a net tailwind for the Google Search business.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 June 2025
For the test voyage, Kaifu et al. selected the Ryukyus strait between Taiwan and Yonaguni Island, where there are no effective tailwinds, the Kuroshio current flows northward, and the target island is not visible for more than the first half of the voyage, limiting its usefulness for navigation.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Should Uber Technologies stock resume its uptrend, analyst adjustments to the upside could provide tailwinds.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Analysts, who took the stock to a buy-equivalent rating from market perform, argued that artificial intelligence is a net tailwind for the Google Search business.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 June 2025
For the test voyage, Kaifu et al. selected the Ryukyus strait between Taiwan and Yonaguni Island, where there are no effective tailwinds, the Kuroshio current flows northward, and the target island is not visible for more than the first half of the voyage, limiting its usefulness for navigation.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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That call still rests on two pillars: intermediate-term momentum is not yet overbought, and cycles/seasonality don’t turn into headwinds until August.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Analysts also see Trump’s attempt to interfere in the country’s domestic affairs as a potential backfire for Bolsonaro during his trial and a push for Lula, whose reelection bid was facing unpopularity headwinds this year.—
Mauricio Savarese,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Smith shoved the gun in the guy’s gut, took the blow, then left.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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The title bout bore out as a chess match, as the ISL school traded blows with one of the top MIAA teams from the South Shore.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2025
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Sunday’s gale warning is in effect until Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service.—
Matt Hubbard,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2025
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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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While all of these are often referred to as fire tornadoes or firenadoes, researchers have detected subtle differences in how they are organized.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Unlike tornadoes or hurricanes, that five-day heat wave was an unpredictable weather disaster in slow motion, the magnitude of which went unrecognized for several days for several reasons.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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In just the past few months, FEMA has denied federal assistance for devastating floods in West Virginia and a destructive windstorm in Washington.—
Jeremy Lindenfeld,
ProPublica,
9 July 2025
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In January 2008, for example, a powerful windstorm generated waves over 30 feet tall and gusts near 100 mph, according to weather service.—
Bethany Wales,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Residents should prepare for wind gusts of up to 60 mph.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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The blaze, which was started by lightning 10 days ago, rapidly grew to 7.8 square miles due to hot temperatures, low humidity and strong wind gusts, fire officials said.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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But the squall on the water was separate, less substantial in terms of both space and duration — and trickier to foresee, according to Colin McKellar, a meteorologist who was on duty Saturday in Reno.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2025
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The larger concern, once again, were the trees alongside the trail whose roots had largely been ripped from earth and now pointed down the mountain, ready to slide given the right squall.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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These accoutrements saved our weekend when a late-May tempest blew across Colorado’s San Luis Valley one night.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
26 June 2025
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People caught in the tempest discovered the limits of human control.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2025
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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