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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
The NBA board of governors unanimously approved Mark Walter’s bid to buy a majority stake in the Lakers on Thursday, the league announced, marking a major shift for one of L.A.’s most significant sports teams.
In a post on X, he said that some of them had been stripped of the camouflage clothing he said they had been wearing "in order to shift blame onto the police".
Because the rule doesn’t take effect until July 2026, organizations could shift their activities in order to maintain eligibility.
“If superintelligence arrives sooner, we will be ideally positioned for a generational paradigm shift in many large opportunities,” he said.
They underestimated Mr. Corbyn’s capacity to shift the debate instead toward left-wing populism on economics, and voters’ willingness to be led in that direction.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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