shifting
- active adj.
- changeable adj.
- errant adj.
- erratic adj.
- fitful adj.
- fluid adj.
- incongruent adj.
- incongruous adj.
- inconstant adj.
- intermittent adj.
- irregular adj.
- itinerant adj.
- migrant/migratory adj.
- migrational adj.
- momentary adj.
- moving adj.
- on-again, off-again adj.
- pro tem adj.
- ranging adj.
- short-range adj.
- short-term adj.
- standardizing adj.
- temporary adj.
- transmigratory adj.
- unsettled adj.
- unsteady adj.
- vacillating adj.
- vacillating adj.
- vagabond adj.
- variable adj.
- varying adj.
- movement n.
- reformation n.
- shift n.
Example Sentences
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Malthusian models and predator-prey equations, for example, have been used to examine the spread of Australian rabbits and the shifting populations of Canadian lynxes and snowshoe hares.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The chancellor may have thought about shifting the venue of his first major speech this morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Webb eschews the Wagnerian method of film scoring—dark motifs for the evil characters, bright tunes for the good ones—in favor of fluid, shifting psychological music, a forerunner of Hitchcock’s scores with Bernard Herrmann.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Beyond shifting from a multi-cam comedy to single-cam and Brandy’s changed-up theme song, this “Different World” succeeds by maintaining a wonderfully familiar energy… like coming back home.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
We sat in silence for a few minutes, the only sounds coming from the shifting logs in the fire and Duuzuu’s occasional questioning coos.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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