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Recent Examples of eddy
Noun
Readers who crave hard-shell explanations of time travel or who need to know exactly what mechanism causes the continuum to loop and create an eddy will have to look elsewhere. Meg Elison, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024 While turbulent flow is chaotic and irregular, as a fluid’s movement causes larger vortices or eddies to form and break down into smaller ones, physicists have long attempted to study and model the process using mathematical equations and computers. Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
As a result, other stray digital ephemera are sucked into this eddying body—fashion photos of NBA baller Chris Paul, a random clip of someone’s dad—all of them in conversation with one another. Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020 In the same way that eddies in a stream alter downstream currents, Elgindi’s work itself prompted a new round of mathematical discovery. Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for eddy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
Noun
  • This scent is pure nostalgia in a bottle, thanks to a captivating swirl of pure vanilla and comforting musk, along with a hint of chocolate and hinoki woods that makes this reminiscent of bake shops and summertime boardwalks.
    Mary Honkus, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Thanks to minimal artificial light and an expansive desert horizon, the Milky Way glows vividly, stretching across the sky in mesmerizing swirls of stars.
    Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These tariffs will ripple through the economy, making everything pricier.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • This volatility seems to go hand in hand with a political shift: an administration seemingly indifferent to, or unconcerned with, how its policies and rhetoric ripple outward.
    Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of a highlight reel celebrating the thrill of victory, Major League Baseball and Imagine Documentaries wanted to reinvent the World Series film.
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The account Memoir World posted an Instagram reel about the eggs, which had been viewed 4.5 million times as of this writing.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Soon, companies with 6,000-gallon tanker trucks made daily visits to collect the exceptionally pure liquid that bubbled up on the property.
    Colette Coleman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Nearly three years later, the line bubbled into McCartney’s consciousness, appealing to his innate sense of optimism.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Give these new tunes a spin and vote for your favorite new Latin music release below.
    Griselda Flores, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Rihanna also took it for a spin in an off-the-shoulder Jacquemus number in London.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Maddox further into a spiral that seems destined to end with bloodshed, whether realized or simply threatened.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Long before the FBI raids last summer that sent Mayor Sheng Thao’s career into a nightmarish spiral, an army of staffers appeared hard at work getting her governing plans for Oakland off the ground.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Having great synergy between leader and team will trickle into company margins over time, leading to wins for all.
    Jordan Rackie, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • News of weather balloon reductions has trickled in over the last month.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • All that said, a clear data strategy has become necessary for companies to stay ahead of the curve and offers a unique competitive advantage in today's market.
    Ryan Masiello, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Bateman pairs a mid-90s fastball with a high-spin curve, a low-80s slider and a changeup.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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