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- noun Plural form of
downdraft .
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Examples
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Once dry air gets inside a storm, as it apparently did to some degree with Richard for much of its lifetime, large-scale downdrafts begin to develop in the same region that requires upward motion and nearly saturated conditions to survive.
Richard's troublesome tropical journey Greg Postel 2010
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Currency funds can provide a cushion in the event of broad downdrafts in equity or bond markets.
How to Profit When the Dollar Falls Rachel Louise Ensign 2011
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Inside a thunderstorm are strong updrafts of warm air and downdrafts of cold air.
All Hail the Record Chunk of Ice in Mr. Scott's Frost-Free Freezer Dionne Searcey 2011
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Tim Griffith A curving 'dragontail' entrance On the fourth side, a curving "dragontail" entrance deflects the downdrafts created by the tower and marks the public entrance.
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The downdrafts came as big U.S.-based money market funds quit rolling over billions of dollars of short-term loans to European banks.
Analysis: Eurozone bank doubts worse for lack of deposits Reuters 2011
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The company was hit particularly hard by economic downdrafts that hurt all makers of smaller business aircraft and private propeller planes
FAA to Further Limit Eclipse Jet's Altitude Andy Pasztor 2011
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It uses a hefty pile of cash, too, to cushion its investors in market downdrafts and to hunt for opportunities.
Defense! Five Mutual Funds for Bad—and Good—Times Tom Lauricella 2011
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Unlike tornadoes, which develop from columns of rotating air, straight-line winds erupt from a thunderstorm in unpredictable downdrafts, then spread across the landscape in all directions.
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It uses a hefty pile of cash, too, to cushion its investors in market downdrafts and to hunt for opportunities.
Defense! Five Mutual Funds for Bad—and Good—Times Tom Lauricella 2011
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The downdrafts came as big U.S.-based money market funds quit rolling over billions of dollars of short-term loans to European banks.
Analysis: Eurozone bank doubts worse for lack of deposits Reuters 2011
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