winds of change
plural noun
: forces that have the power to change things
—used generally to mean change is going to happen
The winds of change have begun to blow.
Examples of winds of change in a Sentence
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But there are some winds of change that Trump will likely need to bend to.
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Ella Nilsen, CNN, 3 July 2024
The official visits, then, are a contingency plan, an effort to build relationships in the event that winds of change blow around USC.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
Congo had been brutally misruled by Belgium for over 70 years when the winds of change blew through in the late 1950s.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
The winds of change continue to blow throughout the Charlotte Hornets.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
And like everything else Monday, the winds of change blew it out.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
The winds of change are sweeping through academia, and at the heart of this transformation lies a powerful force: artificial intelligence (AI).
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
This is not a politics of primordial identities, stubbornly resisting the winds of change.
—Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2016
While the winds of change alternate between hovering and howling over the world of golf, there is relative calm surrounding the Torrey Pines Golf Course — Monday’s wet forecast aside — as 156 players gather this week for the PGA Tour’s annual stop.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
Ella Nilsen, CNN, 3 July 2024
The official visits, then, are a contingency plan, an effort to build relationships in the event that winds of change blow around USC.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 22 June 2024
Congo had been brutally misruled by Belgium for over 70 years when the winds of change blew through in the late 1950s.
—Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
The winds of change continue to blow throughout the Charlotte Hornets.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
And like everything else Monday, the winds of change blew it out.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 May 2024
The winds of change are sweeping through academia, and at the heart of this transformation lies a powerful force: artificial intelligence (AI).
—Jeff Fromm, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
This is not a politics of primordial identities, stubbornly resisting the winds of change.
—Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2016
While the winds of change alternate between hovering and howling over the world of golf, there is relative calm surrounding the Torrey Pines Golf Course — Monday’s wet forecast aside — as 156 players gather this week for the PGA Tour’s annual stop.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
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