WINDWARDS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

windwards

noun

plural of windward

as in leewards

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Noun

The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Alaska’s bid for statehood, in the late nineteen-fifties, was in part a matter of keeping the hands of Seattle businessmen off local salmon stocks.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of hands

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Ahead, black dots move in formation like ants as Everest’s imposing upper flanks loom above them.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of flanks

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That knack for making music that sounds more like an irruption in the environment than an assemblage of instruments carries across the six sides of vinyl that comprise From the Toolkit of Lovers.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
The deal unraveled quickly, however, as both sides renewed attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of sides

Noun

Other varieties include honey vinegar, made from mead and vaguely similar to white balsamic; akazu, a beautifully layered red vinegar that comes from aged sake lees; and roasty-toasty beer vinegar, a good swap for malt vinegar.

— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
The current vintage of Domaine Carneros Le Rêve Blanc de Blancs, 2018, spent seven years en tirage, resting on its lees after secondary fermentation had taken place in the bottle.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of lees

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