Wondering how to use Tailwind in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wind.
Tailwind meaning
- A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind.
- A force that accelerates progress.
Synonyms of Tailwind
Using Tailwind
- The main meaning on this page is: A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind. | A force that accelerates progress.
- Useful related words include: wind, air current, current of air.
- In the example corpus, tailwind often appears in combinations such as: tailwind to, tailwind for, as tailwind.
Context around Tailwind
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tailwind
- In this selection, "tailwind" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, macro, progressive, continued, means, ahead and moving stand out and add context to how "tailwind" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 3 tailwind while fuel and a continued tailwind to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tailwind" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tailwind
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Let us start with the tailwind. (6 words)
I think it's a tailwind moving forward. (8 words)
But we do see clearly a positive tailwind ahead. (9 words)
Aldermen attempting to ride a progressive tailwind in Chicago’s new City Council proposed measures Wednesday to advance worker benefits by eliminating a lower minimum wage for tipped employees and allowing workers to accrue more paid leave. (37 words)
I don't think it's possible to become a headwind, but I think it would still -- at this stage, we're still -- our view will just be a modest tailwind and potentially disappear over time. (36 words)
Given that low average daily trading value, a substantial use of the repurchase program at a relatively short period of time may provide a tailwind to the price of the stock in the market. (34 words)
How should we think about accelerating remodel activity as a potential tailwind for the business? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Activist investors say the TSE’s latest campaign to get executives to improve long-depressed valuations is serving as a tailwind for increased shareholder proposals.
Additionally, these businesses are experiencing an incredible macro tailwind because people are increasingly working from home, and moving out to more remote parts of the country to get additional space.
Aldermen attempting to ride a progressive tailwind in Chicago’s new City Council proposed measures Wednesday to advance worker benefits by eliminating a lower minimum wage for tipped employees and allowing workers to accrue more paid leave.
And as we continue to improve the -- optimizing the KPM business and growing Kroger Personal Finance, we would expect alternative profits to be a continued tailwind to the model.
And that green energy bonanza NEE has as a tailwind means it could potentially sustain above-average growth rates (for a utility) for decades to come.
And you only need to see that the travel demands, understand that, that has a secular tailwind.
As hacking and cyberwarfare are pressing concerns, firms like Datadog should enjoy a strong tailwind in coming years.
But we do see clearly a positive tailwind ahead.
Foreign exchange is expected to be a tailwind of 1 ppt for the year, and we expect minimal impact from acquisitions.
FX was a 3% tailwind while fuel was a 6% headwind on the quarter.
Given that low average daily trading value, a substantial use of the repurchase program at a relatively short period of time may provide a tailwind to the price of the stock in the market.
However, given the new tailwind, we cannot ignore the potential for FCF margin growth that the company will have over the next few years.
How should we think about accelerating remodel activity as a potential tailwind for the business?
I don't think it's possible to become a headwind, but I think it would still -- at this stage, we're still -- our view will just be a modest tailwind and potentially disappear over time.
In 2022, the long-term headwind from coal plant closures (NSC is a major transporter of coal from Appalachia, Illinois and the Powder River Basin) turned into a temporary tailwind.
In the medium to long term, a recovery in the residential market as the interest rate cycle eventually reverses, and the tailwind from federal funding in infrastructure space should help revenue growth.
In this environment of a broad sectoral tailwind, I believe we are facing a situation where a rising tide lifts all boats, not just the largest heavyweights.
I think it's a tailwind moving forward.
It is better seen as a tailwind of unknown strength that should help results over the coming years.
Let us start with the tailwind.
Common combinations with tailwind
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tailwind to 10×
- tailwind for 9×
- as tailwind 7×
- tailwind in 6×
- provide tailwind 5×
- be tailwind 4×
- tailwind of 3×
- the tailwind 3×
- tailwind from 3×
- strong tailwind 2×