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as in relocated
to change the place or position of
he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over
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as in moved
to change one's position
she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview
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as in changed
to pass from one form, state, or level to another
she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue
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as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return
my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window
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as in coped
to meet one's day-to-day needs
left the others to shift for themselves
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Recent Examples of shifted
In an interview with Interesting Engineering at CES, Flywing representative Troye Qu said the company intentionally shifted focus away from cameras as passive recording tools.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Good briefly put the vehicle in reverse, then shifted into drive and hit the gas, with the wheels seemingly turned to the right instead of directly ahead toward Ross.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
By requiring Dulce and her legal team to produce extraordinary volumes of proof to secure her release, the government has effectively shifted the burden onto United States citizens to affirmatively prove their citizenship while incarcerated.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
California’s unemployment system was riddled with pandemic-era fraud, with billions lost due to outdated systems and weak safeguards—costs the state ultimately shifted onto employers and workers.
—Vince Fong, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Cold temperatures were expected when a pattern that brought several storms to the region from Christmas through the start of 2026 shifted to a dryer one.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Last year, Honda shifted 55,231 Passports, representing a 70% improvement over 2024’s figure of 32,527 units.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 Jan. 2026
Perspective shifted in this colorful underwater metaverse.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Those results were buoyed in part by surging support from young voters and Hispanic voters, who shifted toward the right in 2024 after historically leaning toward the Democrats.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
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Eventually, state workers were relocated and the building sat empty for more than two years overlooking I-84 until it was sold in 2020 for $1 million.—
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Busfield and Gilbert moved to Brighton in Livingston County in 2015, but relocated to New York City in 2018.—
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They are felt as they are composed, painfully, joyously, cellularly—and they are designed for other biological beings to experience, to connect with, to be animated, provoked and moved by.—
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Led by quarterback Tony Pike, the Bearcats moved quickly down the field, setting up a first down at Pitt’s 29-yard line with 33 seconds left.—
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Over time, from edition to edition, the aesthetic of its illustrations changed.—
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This loss had to be especially tough for the Jayhawks, considering a controversial holding call on KU changed the momentum of the game.—
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The one that quite possibly tipped the scales were the texts Phelps exchanged about team owner Richard Childress with O’Donnell and NASCAR executive vice president Brian Herbst.—
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The teams exchanged baskets the rest of the quarter with Xaverian going into the half with a 26-25 lead.—
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William offered some surprisingly candid answers about everything from his parents' divorce to how his children — Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 — coped with Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis.—
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As a teen growing up in an abusive household, Morgan coped daily with physical and emotional harm from her mother.—
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Investigators removed the children from Brian's home.—
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The move means the UAE has removed British universities from a list of higher education institutions eligible for state scholarships amid growing tensions over London's decision not to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, The Financial Times reported.—
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
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As the drugs flowed, Randolph's eyes were closed and his face twitched slightly.—
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The market reaction to these hyperscalers' reports varied widely this week, and investors appear to have different reasons to be optimistic about each name.—
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Research on the relationship between acetaminophen and Autism Spectrum Disorder has varied, but many physicians say evidence does not support a causal relationship.—
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“Shifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shifted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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