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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 powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Those regions can send matts of sargassum toward Florida on trade winds and ocean currents.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
This was an active, swirling system in Earth's ionosphere, complete with fast-moving plasma flows, density shears, and upward electric currents, just like a hurricane's convection engine, but electromagnetic.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The iceberg followed the same currents that the massive A-68A iceberg rode in late 2020.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.
—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
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
Those regions can send matts of sargassum toward Florida on trade winds and ocean currents.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
This was an active, swirling system in Earth's ionosphere, complete with fast-moving plasma flows, density shears, and upward electric currents, just like a hurricane's convection engine, but electromagnetic.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The iceberg followed the same currents that the massive A-68A iceberg rode in late 2020.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currents
Noun
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Calving can be caused by various physical processes, including melting as a result of the the glacier meeting the relatively warm lagoon water, as well as stress from tides and waves, Dugan-Knight noted.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Humans are, after all, 60% water—and the moon controls the tides.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
27 Aug. 2025
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The low was expected to be 78, with winds expected to calm after midnight.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Forecasters said the tropical wave is expected to enter a pocket of more storm-friendly conditions — like warmer water and less destructive winds — in the next few days that will give it a chance to strengthen.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those prompts might serve to reduce the AI’s default tendencies and keep the AI from going down rabbit holes with the person.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Dennis is often seen playing it as a way of acting out his manipulative tendencies toward actual human beings, and Dennis and Roman also go to a Hollywood party as Sims.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a recent report from weight loss management platform Levity, cities were ranked by Google search trends for the medications based on how interested residents were in the drugs.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Khaite designer Catherine Holstein’s vision has always been less about trends and more about attitude, which comes through in the clothes that feel confident, modern, and a little undone in the most New York way possible.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
2 Sep. 2025
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There’s has been a lot of innuendo; talk of wrong directions and disharmony.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Follow the directions on the seed package for spacing and planting depth.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Currents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currents. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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