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, shifting, 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, shifting

   Antonyms:
   invariable, compact, steady

4. shifting, unfirmadjective

   (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, unsteady, shifty, shifting

   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. Alex Lamers:

   A cold front north of us will start shifting south and by Sunday evening, it will make progress toward Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis. By Monday morning, it might be reaching Washington, Cincinnati with some rain and thunderstorms.

2. Elise Stefanik:

   Joe Biden’s failure to enforce the law at the border has made every state a border state, instead of securing the border, President Biden is shifting the burden of the influx of illegal migrants onto New York communities. Upstate New York should not be punished for Biden’s border crisis.

3. Atheendar Venkataramani:

   The study is important because it shows that when economic opportunities collapse, it not only has consequences for people's economic wellbeing but it might adversely affect their health too, economic opportunity matters for our health, and as the forces that are shifting economic opportunities for people are continuing to evolve, we have to think about how policies can both make people resilient -- from a health sense -- to the negative changes that might happen, and we also have to think about what types of policies on the economic side may actually give people opportunities, which may also bolster their health.

4. Camille Paglia:

   I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

5. Michael Strobaek:

   With this dawn of a new world order, investors should carefully choose their asset allocations, systematic and strong investment processes and due diligence procedures before investing will become even more crucial. Active investing will become more important given the potential for shifting economic, political and social developments in individual regions.