tailwind

noun

tail·​wind ˈtāl-ˌwind 

plural tailwinds

1

: a wind having the same general direction as a course of movement (as of an aircraft)

2

: a force or influence that advances progress toward an improved condition

… the strengthening housing market should be providing tailwinds for home improvement retailers.

—Katherine Peralta

Medicare reform is a thorny problem even when the political tailwinds are favorable.

—Russ Wiles

Examples of tailwind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On top of that, there could be political tailwinds in store in both 2026 with the midterm elections and 2028 with the presidential election, as Cahall anticipates that campaigns and political action committees will look to reach younger audiences. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025

The new partners will also give NASCAR additional promotional tailwinds, with drivers and action spread across Amazon’s various customer touchpoints and WBD’s digital and social channels in new ways. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Feb. 2025

The multi-year or even decade-long tailwind has to do with Cloudflare’s leadership in edge computing. —Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025

These are natural secular tailwinds for financials. —Andy Mills, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

tail wind

noun

: a wind having the same general direction as the course of a moving object (as an aircraft)