as in trends
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
the tide of the battle turned suddenly, and the would-be invaders were forced to retreat
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Recent Examples of tides
Andrew had a friend who swam from Alcatraz on Wednesday morning, a tougher swim with hazards like tides and currents.
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Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
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
Unfurling across multiple timelines with impressive, confident fluidity, Mothers and Sons is a powerful study of the impossibility of trying to hold back the tides of familial hurt and trauma.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Feeling like January might signal troubling tides for your relationship?
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
From houseboats to entire floating neighborhoods, this approach seeks to turn the tides in humanity’s favor.
—Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Neighborhoods, on the other hand, can persevere through changing political tides and experiment with novel approaches to lowering emissions.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
But the intervention of Russia, Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah turned the tides back in Assad’s favor.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Silence, wildlife, sunrises over the water, the gentle lapping of the tides… and $50,000 flood insurance premiums, because the tides are lapping in people’s living rooms with growing frequency.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 1 Jan. 2025
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
Unfurling across multiple timelines with impressive, confident fluidity, Mothers and Sons is a powerful study of the impossibility of trying to hold back the tides of familial hurt and trauma.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Feeling like January might signal troubling tides for your relationship?
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
From houseboats to entire floating neighborhoods, this approach seeks to turn the tides in humanity’s favor.
—Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Neighborhoods, on the other hand, can persevere through changing political tides and experiment with novel approaches to lowering emissions.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
But the intervention of Russia, Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah turned the tides back in Assad’s favor.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Silence, wildlife, sunrises over the water, the gentle lapping of the tides… and $50,000 flood insurance premiums, because the tides are lapping in people’s living rooms with growing frequency.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tides
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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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Ball-stoppers rarely align with the principles of winning basketball, and Randle’s tendencies are as entrenched as ever.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 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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The batteries' electrical currents can eat through the esophagus, vocal cords or airways.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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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
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“Tides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tides. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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