shifts

Example Sentences

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The Goldrich, added Kean, shifts the landscape from darkness to light.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Social Security is undergoing demographic shifts as people are living longer and birth rates are falling.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Aldi has a large distribution centre on the island, but the poor bus service means it is difficult for some islanders to work many of the shifts.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

This break led to clear shifts in the metabolites produced by gut microbes in regular coffee drinkers, setting them apart from non-coffee drinkers.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Eliza shifts her weight on the stoop and looks back over her shoulder, as if she might have somewhere else to be.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse