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Recent Examples of tailwind
Trump faces a number of tailwinds and headwinds in his first month in office.
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Small and midsized companies are feeling good about the coming business environment, and that could be a tailwind for a seller of private jets, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly said.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Goldman sees tailwinds in three areas: health care, senior living and care and entertainment and experiences.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
One possible tailwind for drug M&A: a coming patent cliff.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Small and midsized companies are feeling good about the coming business environment, and that could be a tailwind for a seller of private jets, Textron CEO Scott Donnelly said.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
Goldman sees tailwinds in three areas: health care, senior living and care and entertainment and experiences.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
One possible tailwind for drug M&A: a coming patent cliff.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailwind
Noun
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Unfavorable foreign exchange could be a factor, with management anticipating a $2.1 billion headwind from currency.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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The goals of this project are admirable, but face psychological headwinds because focusing on threats and evil is part of human nature.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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However, this is a huge win for City and a devastating blow for England’s top flight.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The new season of Kitchen Nightmares has seen the star chef come to blows with restaurant owners over practices such as sending out raw hamburgers and (in last week’s episode) appearing to give customers food poisoning.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The gale had grown so strong that the horses and Jigsaw staff struggled to stay upright, and with limited trailers, only four horses could be evacuated at a time.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster than the speed of sound.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Just like there's a classification system for hurricanes and tornadoes, space weather storms that develop and pose threats to Earth have their own classification system.—
Meredith Garofalo,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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The weather service said the EF1 tornado in Thorn Hill had estimated top winds of 110 mph.—
Brian Dakss,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The utility periodically shuts off power before windstorms to reduce the chance that its power lines and other equipment will spark a wildfire.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Winds are expected to be strong but, as has been expected for days, significantly weaker than last week’s historic windstorms that fueled the rapid spread of the Palisades and Eaton fires, among the most destructive in modern California history.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Winds Thursday day through the night may reach gusts up to 21 miles per hour, NWS forecasts.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
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The former offers a smooth and steady ride outside Nynäshamn Harbor, Sweden, while experiencing gusts of 14 meters-per-second (31 mph), an air temperature of -2 °C (28.4 °F) and swells of up to 2 meters.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2025
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Rapid reductions in visibility and brief heavier snowfall rates possible within the heavier squalls.—
Natalie Venegas,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Cape and Rhode Island, however, will still see squalls this hour.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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The tempest in this haunting drama now playing at Irish Repertory Theatre and directed by Marc Atkinson Borrull gets further stirred when Biev's newly married son Colm, (Zach Appelman), and wife Bonnie, (Ayana Workman), visit from their home in San Francisco.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
26 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement With the tempest expected to hit on Dec. 1 that year, LAFD commanders ordered up at least 40 extra fire engines for stations closest to the areas where the fire hazards were greatest, including the Palisades, The Times has learned through interviews and internal department records.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Tailwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailwind. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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