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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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How to use shifting in a sentence?

  1. Jennifer Smith:

    We kind of knew it was coming, we just didnt know how quickly that trend was going to start shifting across the state.

  2. Adam Laxalt:

    Democrats are masters of blame-shifting when things go wrong. They find other scapegoats, as they did over the last number of years, but there is no one to blame but themselves. They own every, every state office but Legislature, assembly and governor's office. And obviously they have the U.S. Senate and the House, and the president.

  3. David Cogman:

    The GE acquisition will give the white goods maker better sales channels in the U.S. and a better relationship with retailers, you also have the potential over time to create cost synergies from such things as sourcing and shifting manufacturing.

  4. President Barack Obama:

    If we let the world keep warming as fast as it is, and sea levels rising as fast as they are, and weather patterns keep shifting in more unexpected ways, then before long we are going to have to devote more and more and more of our economic and military resources not to growing opportunity for our people but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet.

  5. 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.


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