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shift

[shift] / ʃɪft /


NOUN
time served doing work
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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What trends are fueling this demographic shift, and where can investors tap into the long-term growth potential of an aging world?

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

This is where severance payments and opportunities for laid-off staff to shift into open roles are discussed, and arguments put forward for some to be reinstated.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

For the first time, they requested a shift from hourly pay to a fixed salary for production workers to guard against a potential reduction in work hours brought on by automation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

However, IBM collapsed more than 25 percent after releasing disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by customers caused by expected higher prices for memory chips and other AI-related infrastructure.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

On our second full day here, we ran out of food from the Ranch entirely, so we started walking to the little grocery store every day after Mom’s shift.

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

Radio signals traveling between planets should exhibit measurable Doppler shifts as the source and observer move relative to one another.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

For everyday investors, this shifts the question from whether to automate their investing, to how much control they are willing to hand over to an algorithm.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Aakash Doshi, head of gold strategy at State Street Investment Management, said Fed rate decisions will have a larger impact on gold than daily geopolitical shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

England will hope for more assistance from the surface when play resumes, especially for a bowling attack unused to putting in such long shifts.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The streets of New Orleans are quiet and lined with rows of neat houses, manicured lawns, and flowered gardens; it all whizzes past as the night shifts to dawn.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Over the past few months, investors have shifted their focus from the biggest AI spenders to companies that will play an important role going forward.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The Gulf Stream shifted hundreds of miles north, sending much warmer water towards eastern Canada.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

IBM Chief Executive Arvind Krishna said that in June, clients shifted their quarterly capital expenditures toward servers, storage and memory to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of anticipated price increases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Shein shifted its listing plans to Hong Kong after its efforts to go public in the U.S. and London faced geopolitical and regulatory hurdles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

To his left, one of the toppled trees shifted, bumping hard against another tree.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

An official statement posted on behalf of the studio on Reddit, external said previously shared roadmaps, or future content plans, would be "shifting".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Still, beneath the public warmth is a relationship increasingly shifting in China’s favor—with Xi extracting concessions from Putin across areas ranging from energy to a new regional development bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“An El Niño event is a source of heat for the atmosphere, increasing global temperature and shifting weather patterns across the globe,” the World Meteorological Organization said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

That creates a positive feedback loop — weaker winds beget more warm water shifting to the east, which weakens winds even more.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

He moves forward, back, keeping his torso upright without once shifting his weight.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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