"prevailing wind" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "The prevailing wind in the Roaring Forties is westerly.",
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          "ref": "2023 April 5, “Network News: West Midlands Metro extension receives £60 million bail-out”, in RAIL, number 980, page 9",
          "text": "West Midlands Mayor and WMCA Chairman Andy Street said: \" A number of public infrastructure projects are facing understandable cost challenges, given the prevailing winds of inflation and supply chain pressures. […]\"",
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        "A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction."
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        "(meteorology) A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction."
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        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
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        "(meteorology) A wind in a region of the Earth that blows predominantly from one direction."
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