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ˈhɛdˌwɪndhead·wind

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  1. headwindnoun

    Antonyms:
    tailwind

  2. headwindnoun

    Antonyms:
    tailwind

Princeton's WordNet

  1. headwindnoun

    wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft

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  1. Kyle Sanders:

    While lower fee rates is a headwind that will likely continue, we believe BlackRock is happy to accept modest pricing declines in order to take large amounts of market share.

  2. Elaine Howard:

    There's such a headwind that I'm getting terrible gas mileage today.

  3. Wolfe Research analyst Jared Shojaian:

    That means cruise lines may need to issue refunds or future cruise credits to compensate guests, which makes forecasting the earnings impact to 2019 even harder, and potentially more of a headwind.

  4. Bob Yawger:

    The extra barrels hitting international markets have served as a headwind for Brent, with the US Oil Fund (exchange traded fund) reporting inflows of $104 million on Monday, the largest inflow since August, serving as a tailwind for WTI.

  5. Robin Bhar:

    There may be some short-term fixes on Greece, but in the longer term, markets are still going to see it as a bit of a headwind to growth overall.


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