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/ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/ · noun
The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence..
Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.
The Republicans, who in fact quintessentially represent what I understand to be private and special interests of a narrow economic kind, have nevertheless managed, flying in the slipstream of Ronald Reagan's rhetoric, to look like the true guardians of the nation's public interest.
Slipstream is not simply a mixture of fantasy and realism, but something which lies between or even beyond the two.
Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder.
A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack...
It is illegal to distribute slipstreamed CDs. In some locales, it may also be illegal to create them.
Use slipstream when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slipstream means The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence..
Common synonyms include prop wash, draft, race, wash.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.
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