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Recent Examples of countercurrent
Key features include a sun deck, with a large pool with countercurrent jets and a Jacuzzi, and five balconies and sea terraces, one of which connects to a lower deck guest cabin.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
The arrangement functions as a countercurrent heat exchanger, warming blood in the veins and cooling blood in the arteries.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Similarly underdeveloped is any discussion of countercurrents from the right, which underwent its own midcentury cultural and intellectual renaissance.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
And with it, there emerged an acid countercurrent.
—David Van Biema, Time, 31 Dec. 2022
These birds rely on what’s called a countercurrent exchange to keep their feet from freezing.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
Everything down to a layer of fat under their paw pads to keep their feet from freezing and a specialized circulatory mechanism called a countercurrent heat exchanger.
—oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
While tech venture funding falters and big tech companies contract, a countercurrent is pushing new kinds of technology into the global economy, promising a paroxysm of productivity unseen since the advent of the Internet.
—Sylvain Duranton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
This countercurrent heat exchange allows the core of the body to remain warm while limiting heat loss when the extremities are cold, but not so cold that tissue damage occurs.
—Bridget B. Baker, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countercurrent
Noun
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This average hid an important countertrend.—
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Yet as Andrés Spokoiny, president and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, explains, NJPS also gave rise to a countertrend: deliberate policies of welcoming and attracting intermarried families.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
sun-sentinel.com,
11 May 2021
Noun
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To one pursuing the even tenor of his usual routine, the chewing of coca gives no especial sensation, in fact the only result seems to be a negative one, an absence of the customary desire for food and sleep.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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The tenor of his messages to the girl changed in January 2023, when Estrada called and texted the girl to discuss employment options and asked her to meet him for a meal.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Realpolitik driving the Trump administration’s trade and tariff posturing is informed by a containment doctrine to mitigate the propensity for Chinese manufacturing and exports to undercut U.S. and North American heavy industry.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The studies have also not factored in creatine’s propensity to cause water retention.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The hosts also talk about the geopolitical undercurrent of the record.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Illusion of Civility: exposing the dark undercurrents that lurk beneath the veneer of polite society.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Adopt or maintain healthy habits: Stress and illness can trigger allergic asthma.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Other challenges include evolving habits and the need to bring decorative lighting back into focus, reaffirming its role in contemporary interiors.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The nonprofit provides underprivileged kids with a custom birthday cake free of charge.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Published on April 7, 2025 By Demetrius Simms Photo : Astra Studios View of the custom Bulthaup kitchen and formal dining area.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This 100% Chenin from Minus Tide, made from old-vine grapes, offers a tinge of honey on the nose with wild and savory herbs in the undertow.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Out on Astralwerks, the song’s bouncy, singsong vibe juxtaposes with kind of bittersweet lyrics, with the theme also reflected in the track’s undertow of a bassline.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Countercurrent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercurrent. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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