shift gears
Example Sentences
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Or if you’re doing well in your career but taking time to shift gears, then you can bet on your future self.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
As that market became less welcoming to transgressive weirdos, the author began to shift gears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Novak and his team wanted to understand the metabolic factors that keep stem cells functioning normally and what changes when they must shift gears to heal a wound.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025
Because real live people, unlike pretrained bots, are able to craft, edit, adjust, and spontaneously shift gears in ways that these apps, however impressive, still just can’t.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024
I’m not certain I see myself that way—it’s hard to shift gears after being something else your whole life.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
