airflows

noun

plural of airflow
as in winds

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  1. winds
  2. blows
  3. gales
  4. breezes
  5. puffs
  6. headwinds
  7. zephyrs
Noun
  • While rain coverage is expected to remain limited, any storms that develop could produce gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
    — Troy Bridges, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Local Idaho agencies have spent days addressing storm damage caused by a low-pressure system from the Gulf of Alaska that brought winds over 50 mph, lightning, hail and more than an inch of rain to some areas.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
Definition of winds
Noun
  • Hers is a voice that ought to have a lifetime’s staying power, bolstered by a lyrical and musical sensibility that provide everything her instrument needs to deliver a happy succession of knockout blows.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • Despite the blows to Eurovision’s finances and viewership from the boycott, the contest is eyeing expansion, with a spinoff Eurovision Song Contest Asia due to take place in Bangkok in November.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • The weather in Wales was terrible, with snow and freezing temperatures and Arctic gales.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Out in the ferocious gales of the North Sea, on the overcrowded routes of the Irish Sea and the English Channel, and off to the islands’ west, the wide Atlantic herself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of gales
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  • The terrain is rocky, with vineyards clinging to steep limestone slopes, simultaneously warmed by the sun and cooled by salty Adriatic breezes.
    — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • Coastal Southern California, conversely, is facing average wildfire potential, fire weather analysts say, thanks to monsoon breezes bringing damp air from the tropics.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of breezes
Noun
  • If the accretion disk puffs up in just the right way, the incoming gas can overwhelm the radiation pressure.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Elevate your celebration sliders by serving them on cheese puffs instead of bread.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of puffs
Noun
  • Thanks to ongoing economic headwinds affecting memory and storage, analysts are predicting retail prices could rise by up to $200.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Although regulatory barriers and equipment bottlenecks were also identified as headwinds, neither of them was bad enough to cancel ongoing or proposed projects.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of headwinds
Noun
  • But even this state-of-the-art model couldn’t directly account for the subtle cumulative effects of clouds, which can span just meters and be shaped by even tinier zephyrs of air.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The third floor of the store is home to what is billed as the world’s largest collection of shirtings, with 6,000 types of poplins, batistes, zephyrs and voiles, and another room dedicated just to collars.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of zephyrs
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