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per·fect storm

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  1. perfect stormnoun

    A powerful hurricane or other major weather disturbance, especially as produced by a combination of meteorological conditions.

  2. perfect stormnoun

    A situation where a calamity is caused by the convergence and amplifying interaction of a number of factors.

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  1. perfect storm

    A perfect storm is a confluence of events that drastically aggravates a situation.

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  1. Perfect storm

    A "perfect storm" is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. The term is also used to describe an actual phenomenon that happens to occur in such a confluence, resulting in an event of unusual magnitude.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of perfect storm in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of perfect storm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of perfect storm in a Sentence

  1. Said Hanson:

    I think the perfect storm of COVID fears, locking down two-thirds of the population for 15 months, the self-induced recession, the Trump derangement syndrome, the George Floyd death, the 120 days of riots, the inactivity and inability to get people to meet one another, the crazy election, all of that was the spark or the fuse that lit the preexisting problems.

  2. Marcia Van Wagner:

    It has been kind of a perfect storm.

  3. Venky Ganesan:

    The window is wide open for cybersecurity companies. We have a perfect storm of opportunity.

  4. Thomas Graziano:

    This is the broadest expanse of area in the United States that weve projected with an elevated risk that I can remember, is this the perfect storm? I dont know.

  5. Nirgunan Tiruchelvam:

    That could be a perfect storm where you have the use of these Robinhood-type platforms, plus, the spread of internet chat groups, plus, the highly shorted names. That would create a potent cocktail, this is actually the beginning of a massive wave of investing behavior along these lines.


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