Synonyms for shifting
shift·ing

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1. shift, shiftingadjective

   the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, shift key, fracture

   Antonyms:
   compact, invariable, steady

2. shiftingadjective

   continuously varying

   "taffeta with shifting colors"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, shifty

   Antonyms:
   invariable, steady, compact

3. shifting, shiftyadjective

   changing position or direction

   "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

   Synonyms:
   devious, unfirm, shifty

   Antonyms:
   invariable, compact, steady

4. shifting, unfirmadjective

   (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, unsteady, shifty

   Antonyms:
   compact, steady, invariable

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1. shiftingadjective

   Synonyms:
   unstable, variable, changeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "shifting":

   changing, moving, transferring, change, evolving, displacement

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1. Brock Silvers:

   Zhang was a young software engineer without significant business experience when he suddenly found himself running a massive company in rapidly shifting markets while operating in an extremely complex regulatory and political environment.

2. Shalane Flanagan:

   However, I have felt my North Star shifting, my passion and purpose is no longer about MY running; its more and more about those around me, all Ive ever known, in my approach to anything, is going ALL IN. So Im carrying this to coaching. I want to be consumed with serving others the way I have been consumed with being the best athlete I can be.

3. Yuping Guan:

   For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation.

4. Nadia AhmadNadia Ahmad:

   I don't think I paused to process what had happened on 9/11, because I was too busy responding. I couldn't grieve, because I felt under siege, everything changed suddenly. The ground beneath our feet was shifting. At the same time, there was no way as an Bangladeshi American, Berkeley-educated Muslim woman I would cower in this situation.

5. Mark Hinshaw:

   Overall, the mood is shifting to positive.