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Antonyms for tailwind
ˈteɪlˌwɪndtail·wind

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  1. tailwindnoun

    Antonyms:
    headwind

  2. tailwindnoun

    Antonyms:
    headwind

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  1. tailwindnoun

    wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft

How to use tailwind in a sentence?

  1. Arthur Hogan:

    (Energy is) the main distraction for the market. The good news is that this is a tailwind for the consumer. That's a positive that's being ignored.

  2. Walter Todd:

    This time of year tends to be a tailwind for the market, there's nothing obvious between now and the end of the year that would change the direction we're headed. So it's kind of a melt-up.

  3. Toru Yoshikawa:

    The negative interest rate policy is tailwind for us.

  4. Gennadiy Goldberg:

    The gain in income should prove a tailwind to fourth-quarter GDP growth as consumption remains the most prominent driver of domestic growth activity.

  5. Kathleen Gaffney:

    We are at that important juncture where currency weakness has become a positive tailwind for emerging market debt.

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