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noun

plural of trend
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as in tendencies
a prevailing or general movement or inclination according to the survey, there's a growing trend for companies to run their own day-care centers for the benefit of employees

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as in crazes
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time still had a coat from the last trend for fake fur, when the material lined everything from boots to coats to bracelets

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trends

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verb

present tense third-person singular of trend
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as in tends
to show a liking or proneness (for something) during the winter our school system trends toward canceling school at the drop of a hat—or at least a snowflake

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as in curves
to turn away from a straight line or course the river trends east, then west again, forming an oxbow

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Recent Examples of trends
Noun
Recent trends are driving conversations among health officials about how to better track the consequences of a surging problem. — 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 Today, Nami Sushi is known for its menu of food trends, from sushi push-pops to sushi burritos. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Updating dinnerware reflects evolving trends and helps create a more inviting, contemporary dining experience. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026 Because sometimes the best trends aren’t new at all—they’re already hanging in a wardrobe somewhere. — Georgia Brown, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2026 The results won’t just give tally of the stars and planets, either; think of the survey as more of a population census that reveals demographic trends, like how, when, and where different types of objects formed. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026 If the government gains control over businesses’ decisions and investment dollars chase political trends, that will erode shareholder value over the long term, according to Gina Martin Adams, chief market strategist at HB Wealth Management. — Norah Rami, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Here are eight once-tacky décor trends that designers are embracing once again. — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
Showers may linger into Friday, while the weekend currently trends cooler and unsettled, with additional shower chances if the front stalls out nearby. — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Kylie Jenner gave one of the most divisive summer shoe trends her stamp of approval in a photo dump posted to Instagram on July 15. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 17 July 2026 Officials said the decrease came during a time of year when crime often trends higher because of summer heat, longer daylight hours and school breaks. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Industry trends analysis supports this shift. — Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 When tensions are high or people are gloomy, the Dow tends to drop; when people sing a more positive tune, the Dow trends upward. — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026 The New York Times’ daily poll approval average is 43 percent, while RealClearPolitics, which usually trends more Trump-friendly, shows a 44 percent job approval. — Myra Adams, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026 Notably, sperm count and motility have dropped significantly since the 1950s, trends some studies link to environmental pollutants like microplastics and pesticides. — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 Competition rises from the mid-40s in 2019 to 100 in much of 2021 and 2022, then trends down in 2024 and this year to a low of 32 in July. — Nigel Chiwaya, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trends
  1. tendencies
  2. crazes
  3. tends
  4. curves
  5. tides
  6. vogues
  7. directions
  8. enthusiasms
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
  • Unlike many wellness crazes, fiber is actually a legitimate one that nutrition experts support.
    — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Teddy craze was followed by a moral panic, as crazes involving kids inevitably are.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of crazes
Verb
  • But in general, even a degree in the humanities and other non-STEM fields tends to result in higher incomes compared with those who never finished college.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Aaronson pointed to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy, a measure of disorder, tends to increase over time.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tends
Verb
  • Uganda, a country that curves around Lake Victoria, took on a completely different shape.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • Tumon Bay, the island’s main resort district, curves in a sweep of gorgeous waters backed by limestone cliffs and a skyline of hotels that reflect Guam’s long‑standing popularity with Japanese and Korean travelers.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
Definition of curves
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
  • There’s a brief moment in Timothée Chalamet’s video with comedian Druski where a performer comes in, vogues, and blows a kiss to the actor.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Fans will see Infinite sporting braids — dressed in all black with daring red leather gloves as he vogues and dances unapologetically in his glory.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of vogues
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
Noun
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
  • The movie thus offers a complaint about the end results of Putinism, not about the ideas—the emotions, the enthusiasms, the resentments, the hatreds—that brought it about.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026
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“Trends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trends. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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