shifting
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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
Citizenship and Immigration Services for an extension and submit to biometric vetting, background checks and fraud screening — shifting the decision on extra time from campus officials to the federal government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
I try reason: “You’re forgetting wind, Dylan. Look, the smoke is shifting, getting darker.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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