trade wind
noun
: a wind blowing almost constantly in one direction
especially
: a wind blowing almost continually toward the equator from the northeast in the belt between the northern horse latitudes and the doldrums and from the southeast in the belt between the southern horse latitudes and the doldrums
—usually used in plural
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The trade winds may lead to more movement in the NBA soon.
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Tony East, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Most were kitesurfers chasing the trade winds that sweep west along the coast — the same natural forces that have shaped the Lençóis for millennia.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
During El Niño events, trade winds weaken and warm water is pushed toward the west coast of the Americas.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Geophysicists found that warming upper waters in the extratropical North Atlantic weakens the trade winds in a feedback loop, proposed that the doldrums are caused by sinking rather than rising air masses, and warned that the center of the Greenlandic ice sheet may melt again sooner than expected.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tony East, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Most were kitesurfers chasing the trade winds that sweep west along the coast — the same natural forces that have shaped the Lençóis for millennia.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
During El Niño events, trade winds weaken and warm water is pushed toward the west coast of the Americas.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Geophysicists found that warming upper waters in the extratropical North Atlantic weakens the trade winds in a feedback loop, proposed that the doldrums are caused by sinking rather than rising air masses, and warned that the center of the Greenlandic ice sheet may melt again sooner than expected.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Trade wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20wind. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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