as in gulf
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
a boat sucked down into the vortex
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Recent Examples of vortex
Priyadarshini said the 40 or so students who submitted artwork were creative with their drawings, from birds and natural environments to fantasy creatures spilling out of a vortex.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Roughly a week after a polar vortex swept through Texas with snow and freezing temperatures, another cold snap is barreling into the Lone Star State just in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
If the conditions are right, the vortex completes formation and starts spinning.
—Unnati Ashar, Space.com, 2 July 2025
But a main source of those data is being abruptly shut off
On television broadcasts and forecast maps, hurricanes appear as two-dimensional swirling vortices, belying their extremely complex three-dimensional structure.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Roughly a week after a polar vortex swept through Texas with snow and freezing temperatures, another cold snap is barreling into the Lone Star State just in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
If the conditions are right, the vortex completes formation and starts spinning.
—Unnati Ashar, Space.com, 2 July 2025
But a main source of those data is being abruptly shut off
On television broadcasts and forecast maps, hurricanes appear as two-dimensional swirling vortices, belying their extremely complex three-dimensional structure.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortex
Noun
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The show’s take on the gulf between humans and machines is a delightful departure from expectations often outlined by similar stories about AI.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
5 July 2025
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Louisiana’s coastline is a river delta, formed by the Mississippi over millennia as its current slowed and relinquished its mud into a calm and sheltered gulf.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
Noun
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TikToks showed torrents gushing into subway cars and whirlpools forming in the street.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 July 2025
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Saunas, steam rooms, hot whirlpools and cold plunges are also a part of the wellness journey.—
Katie Sweeney,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The horrific tragedy arrived in the midst of a maelstrom already brewing over the National Weather Service, its parent agency and the Trump administration’s budget cuts.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice carved out a moment for emotion in the maelstrom of a Stanley Cup Final the other day as his team prepared for Game 4 on Thursday night.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Her designs leaned away from the figurative with the Sunset rings, their sizable imperial topaz, yellow sapphire or spinel center stones held in swirls of gold.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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In the rising steam, watching the swirl of dust collect around her drain, funneling downward like sand in an hourglass, Lily stopped to think: There was a man in her house, a stranger!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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“Vortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortex. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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