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shift
noun as in switch, fluctuation
Strongest matches
about-face, alteration, change, conversion, deviation, move, transfer, transformation, variation
Strong matches
bend, changeover, deflection, displacement, double, fault, modification, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transference, transit, translocation, turn, veering, yaw
noun as in trick, stratagem
Strong matches
artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expediency, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap, substitute, subterfuge, wile
noun as in time served doing work
verb as in switch, fluctuate
Strongest matches
alter, change, deviate, drift, move, relocate, remove, ship, shuffle, transfer, turn, vary, veer
Example Sentences
Inside, the hard outside shifts to warm, natural materials, including marble and ceramic surfaces and wood sourced via Angel City Lumber’s Altadena Reciprocity Project — reusing burned trees from the area.
Fire officials, in a briefing Sunday, explained that the blaze had crossed Dinkey Creek and was driven rapidly uphill due to the steep topography and shifts in weather.
The RMT has concerns about "fatigue management" - the stress that early and late shifts have on the health of its members.
But her requests for part-time hours and no night shifts were declined.
The proposed legislation was a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for the government to "shift the dial just slightly in favour of working people", she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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