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Those who have watched anti-gay groups closely suggest that there will be two major strategic shifts in their strategy.

In the absence of cultural shifts, then, new reproductive technology might not matter as much for women as it would for men.

If the ball gets in the hole, the screen shifts to reveal the next hole.

About 50 lawyers from six other regions take part, operating in shifts.

Kocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch.

That is a strange statement to make, but it is an example of the shifts to which apologists are frequently reduced.

If we should run those six machines two shifts a day, our capacity was about three hundred and sixty galleys a week.

I've got them split up into shifts, along with a double of the chairman there, to cover the six machines.

A pink light rises to the zenith, and the mist shifts and slips away in layers, pink and gold and white.

Chaucer frequently shifts the accent upon this name, so that there is nothing wrong about either Arcte here, or rcite in l. 92.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shifts, such as: apparatus, appliance, engine, equipment, gear, and instrument.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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