LOCOMOTED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

locomoted

verb

past tense of locomote

as in shifted

to change one's position most babies begin to locomote—by crawling—when they are seven to ten months old

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Their efforts have shifted the needle; the US last year recorded a jump in its greenhouse gas emissions, driven in large part by power plants burning more coal.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

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