tides

plural of tide

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Recent Examples of tides Perhaps the tides will shift perceptibly this year in the wake of the academy recently inviting more than 3,000 music professionals — many of them young, women and/or people of color — to become voting members. Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024 Helene was so destructive, many residents don’t have a home left to clean up, escaping the storm with little more than the clothes on their backs, even losing their shoes to the surging tides. Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 The Great Backlash was yet to be unleashed; the foaming tides of grievance awaited their arch whipper-up. James Parker, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024 In short, a relentless continuation of the initiatives that have begun to change the tides. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 In contrast, energy harvested from tides is regular and highly predictable. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024 This shift comes as creators seek to reclaim control over their audience relationships and shield themselves from the unpredictable tides of platform changes. Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The shift in geopolitical tides means that today, the factors that have been shown to enhance democracy are now working in reverse, creating conditions more conducive to the spread of authoritarian rule. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tides
Noun
  • The program first asked me to complete a series of multiple-choice questions asking broadly quizzing my personality tendencies.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The solar eclipse in Libra urges us to bring balance into our lives and relinquish codependent tendencies.
    Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Thursday marked the seventh day of search and rescue and eighth day since Helene crashed into the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Thursday marked the seventh day of search and rescue and eighth day since Helene crashed into the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • To harness the real potential of MRE, researchers need to be able to model their technology using real-world data of ocean waves and currents.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Due to the floating wind turbine’s constant motion caused by wind, waves, and currents, load-control systems were built during this operation to regulate the load during the lifting activities.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Tides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tides. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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