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shift

[shift] / ʃɪft /


NOUN
time served doing work
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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If something does, the calculus on both sides could shift fast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

That’s worth pursuing regardless of how you purchase your home because it increases the amount you can shift into Roth accounts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Crisis chief executive Matt Downie said it was "absolutely fantastic" to see Burnham's pledge, adding it signalled a shift away from "simply managing homelessness, which costs billions to the public purse".

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Over time, those small solutions can help shift what’s possible.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“No supervisor today. There was an emergency with one of the day shift girls—Lakewood 3729, please hold —did you ever meet Louisa Safechuck? Miss Genovese is out managing it.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Other shifts include Ed Miliband as foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper to the Department of Health, and Angela Rayner's reinstatement as Minister for Housing.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Boeing is adding more workers and shifts at the plant manufacturing the next-generation Air Force Ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Post time is at 2 p.m. every day except closing weekend, Sept. 5-7, when it shifts to 1:30.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Those shifts then influenced how much phosphate reached the open ocean, how much carbon became buried in marine sediments, and how much carbon dioxide remained in the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

President Ratcliffe sometimes puts them on double watch shifts, so that they get no rest, and they go around red-eyed and bad-tempered.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Firstly, the 43-year-old company has shifted in favor of offering free entry to many users, which Wood warned effectively brought recurring revenue growth down by about $500 million in its second quarter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Since then, he has shifted to buying stocks when they fall and selling them when they rise a few days later.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

It required people watching the door, watching each other and noticing when the mood shifted before trouble arrived.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Potentially dramatic reductions in launch costs from SpaceX's Starship, along with breakthroughs in synthetic biology and climate modeling, have shifted the discussion.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The woman’s gaze shifted to look Jack in the eye.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

But every so often — usually when the ground is shifting fastest — those invisible choices decide your returns.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The result points to a potential new treatment target for the disease, which Macauley called "paradigm shifting."

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Burnham has hinted at allowing people to earn more before they start paying income tax, shifting the so-called personal allowance.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Demand for premium travel experiences in the years since the pandemic has led airlines to focus even more on big-spending customers, shifting credit cards and loyalty programs to the center of airlines’ strategies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

I’m so surprised—shocked, really—that I grab on to my stool with one hand, like the earth itself is shifting beneath me.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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