currents

noun

plural of current
1
as in tides
a prevailing or general movement or inclination the currents of fashion are always changing

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Relevance
2
as in winds
noticeable movement of air in a particular direction curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window

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Recent Examples of currents During sudden changes in the external magnetic field, the uninsulated coil remained stable and yielded key data on how fast electrical currents adjust inside the winding. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 Video shared by police showed the catastrophic flooding, with entire buildings swept away in the powerful currents. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Melting polar ice halts the North Atlantic Current, which moves warm ocean currents northeast across the Atlantic. — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 That area is home to important plant life and coral reefs, sustained by the currents that run through the strait. — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Tuesday’s article is another cautionary tale to not read too much into this market’s conflicting cross currents and to take it all with a grain of salt. — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are native to the Gulf of Mexico, but powerful ocean currents can occasionally sweep them across the much-colder Atlantic, according to the Houston Zoo. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 In Maine, DeepGreen Western Passage has proposed a submersible AI data center in the Bay of Fundy, powered by tidal turbines designed to harness the area’s strong tidal currents. — Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026 Fausto brought high surf and dangerous currents, while Genevieve later contributed long period swells. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for currents
  1. tides
  2. winds
  3. tendencies
  4. trends
  5. directions
Noun
  • In Humboldt County’s North Spit, near Eureka, tides were 9 inches higher than forecast.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The offerings of any decent oyster shucker will change according to the seasons and the tides and the shoals and the shipping lines and the harbor freight and the rush-hour traffic on the interstate.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of tides
Noun
  • The main concern will be frequent lightning and gusty winds with any storm that pops up.
    — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The tornado is being classified as an EF0 (winds of 65 mph to 85 mph).
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of winds
Noun
  • This sense of threat can trigger authoritarian tendencies, including support for taking away civil liberties like the ability to give public speeches or run for political office from disliked others.
    — Paul Djupe, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The New York Young Republicans Club’s Nazi tendencies are well known.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of tendencies
Noun
  • Recent trends are driving conversations among health officials about how to better track the consequences of a surging problem.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Nostalgia is one of the fastest-growing trends in the home design space right now.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • If people are working from different assumptions, stop and clarify the system before everyone charges off in opposite directions.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On an infinite graph — an abstraction where the graph extends forever in all directions — one or several infinite seas will dominate.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of directions

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“Currents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/currents. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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