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as in tides
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
the currents of fashion are always changing
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as in winds
noticeable movement of air in a particular direction
curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window
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Recent Examples of currents
The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.
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Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Lithium dendrites readily cross oxide grain boundaries at high currents, posing a failure risk, whereas sulfide- and halide-based SSEs produce detrimental side reactions at the lithium interface.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
He's since learned of sorting machines that use electric currents to check if a penny is pure copper and drop the pennies into separate buckets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
An advisory means that there is a tsunami that may produce strong waves and currents, but no major flooding is expected.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Engineers must rapidly deploy a bridge capable of supporting heavy armored vehicles while also withstanding strong currents, often with minimal structural support.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of schools were also shuttered by the unusually heavy November snow, which has been attributed to the warmer-than-usual temperatures of seawaters west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of cold air.
—Brian Cheng, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Some experts have attributed the heavy storm to warmer-than-usual temperatures in the seas to the west of the peninsula mixing with extreme cold air currents.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
Lithium dendrites readily cross oxide grain boundaries at high currents, posing a failure risk, whereas sulfide- and halide-based SSEs produce detrimental side reactions at the lithium interface.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The river was swift and unrelenting, its currents carrying victim after victim downstream.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
He's since learned of sorting machines that use electric currents to check if a penny is pure copper and drop the pennies into separate buckets.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
An advisory means that there is a tsunami that may produce strong waves and currents, but no major flooding is expected.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Engineers must rapidly deploy a bridge capable of supporting heavy armored vehicles while also withstanding strong currents, often with minimal structural support.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Hundreds of schools were also shuttered by the unusually heavy November snow, which has been attributed to the warmer-than-usual temperatures of seawaters west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of cold air.
—Brian Cheng, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Some experts have attributed the heavy storm to warmer-than-usual temperatures in the seas to the west of the peninsula mixing with extreme cold air currents.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currents
Noun
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Andrew had a friend who swam from Alcatraz on Wednesday morning, a tougher swim with hazards like tides and currents.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Jan. 2025
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Some areas of the estuary are diked to allow for farming, which means water no longer flows in or out with the tides.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Dec. 2024
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The Palisades and Eaton fires were burning out of control in Los Angeles County as ferocious winds fueled the fast-moving blazes.—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2025
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The region remains under severe red flag warnings as dry, unpredictable and strong offshore winds pick up across the region.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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But his theory seemed to mirror the temperament of Deng, who, for all his reformist tendencies, was a ruthless apparatchik.—
Chang Che,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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This could potentially wear them out, disperse their argumentative bluster, and might even open their eyes to their woefully over-the-top arguing tendencies.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Currents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currents. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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