Synonyms for shifting

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1. shift, shifting(adj)

   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. shifting(adj)

   continuously varying

   "taffeta with shifting colors"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, shifty

   Antonyms:
   invariable, steady, compact

3. shifting, shifty(adj)

   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, unfirm(adj)

   (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, unsteady, shifty

   Antonyms:
   compact, steady, invariable

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1. shifting(a)

   Synonyms:
   unstable, variable, changeable

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1. List of paraphrases:

   changing, moving, transferring, change, evolving, displacement

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How to use shifting in a sentence?

1. Sebastien Galy:

   The market is essentially shifting to an ever-longer horizon on the possibility of the Fed hiking (rates).

2. Kristin Beneski:

   This problem, the lack of information, is of the defendant's own making, the facts are shifting under our feet on a daily basis. ... There's been little clarity by the Postal Service itself.

3. Emmanuel Faber:

   We need your support for shifting agricultural subsidies from killing life into supporting biodiversity.

4. Pascal Saint-Amans:

   The tax world will not be the same before and after this, we are moving into this new era where massive tax planning, massive tax avoidance is over. It will be much more difficult, much more costly and it (profit shifting) will become evasion and no more avoidance.

5. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   Saudi Arabia's rulers, instead of shifting blame (to others), must accept their responsibility in this heavy mishap by apologizing to the Islamic Ummah and their bereft families, and meeting their obligations to that effect, the Muslim world has many questions, and the deaths of more than 1,000 people in this incident is not a minor issue; therefore, the Muslim world must think of a remedy to this issue.

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